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Where does “Hreh₁dʰ-” come from?

Hreh₁dʰ- (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

Hreh₁dʰ- (Proto-Indo-European): to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish

Definitions

  1. to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish

Ancestry of “Hreh₁dʰ-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

Words derived from “Hreh₁dʰ-”

  • read
  • reading
  • array
  • Ralph
  • dread
  • readable
  • reed
  • riddle
  • microarray
  • reread
  • Rafe
  • readability
  • unreadable
  • readout
  • Radha
  • Rawlinson
  • Rawson
  • unread
  • proofread
  • rede
  • Bundesrat
  • Koen
  • riddling
  • reflectarray
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- →