Where does “dere” come from?
I can't write this etymology in good conscience. The chain you've provided has critical problems: 1. **The chain doesn't connect to "dere"** — it traces "there" backward to PIE "só" (a demonstrative pronoun meaning "that/this"), which doesn't semantically lead to "dere" 2. **Circular loops** — the chain repeats "terp-" and "trep-" in a way that suggests corruption in the source data 3. **No known meaning for "dere"** — you've noted it as unknown, which means I cannot "weave in the oldest meaning to explain sense development" as the rules require 4. **Incoherent PIE chain** — the progression dʰegʷʰ- → terp- → trep- → terp- → só doesn't follow standard phonological or morphological logic The rules state "
dere (English): Hurt; harm; injury; To hurt; harm; injure; wound;...
Definitions
- Hurt; harm; injury; To hurt; harm; injure; wound;...
Ancestry of “dere”, step by step
dere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.