英语词汇“Indo-European root: gwher-”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

Indo-European root: gwher-

释义

‌‌g^wher-
To heat, warm.
Derivatives include brand, brandy, forceps, and fornicate.

Zero-grade form *g^whr‑.
1. burn¹, from Old English beornan, byrnan (intransitive) and bærnan (transitive), to burn;
2. brimstone, from late Old English brynstān, "burning mineral," sulfur (stān, stone; see stāi-);
3. brindled, from Old Norse brenna, to burn. a-c all from Germanic *brennan (intransitive) and brannjan (transitive), formed from *brenw‑ with nasal suffix and analogical vocalism.
1. brand, from Old English brand, piece of burning wood, sword;
2. brandy, from Dutch branden, to burn, distill;
3. brandish, from Old French brand, sword;
4. brandade, from Old Provençal brand, sword. a-d all from Germanic *brandaz, a burning, a flaming torch, hence also a sword.
Suffixed form *g^wher-m(n)o‑. therm, -therm, thermo-, -thermy; hypothermia, lobster thermidor, from Greek thermos, warm, hot, and thermē, heat.
O-grade form *g^whor‑. forceps, forcipate, from Latin forceps, pincers, fire tongs (< "that which holds hot things"; -ceps, agential suffix, "-taker"; see kap-).
Suffixed o-grade form *g^whor-no‑.
1. Fornax, furnace, hornito, from Latin furnus, fornus, fornāx, oven;
2. probably Latin fornix, arch, vault (< "vaulted brick oven") fornicate, fornix.
Suffixed zero-grade form *g^whr̥-to‑, heated, likely source of Sanskrit ghṛtam, ghee, clarified butter ghee.

[Pokorny g^u̯her‑ 493, bh(e)reu‑ 143.]

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