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Where does “gerbʰ-” come from?

gerbʰ- (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

gerbʰ- (Proto-Indo-European): to carve

Definitions

  1. to carve

Ancestry of “gerbʰ-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “gerbʰ-”

  • program
  • radio
  • g
  • paragraph
  • diagram
  • photo
  • programming
  • photograph
  • graph
  • grammar
  • geographical
  • geography
  • graphic
  • demographic
  • photography
  • telegram
  • grammatical
  • graft
  • grams
  • photographer
  • graphical
  • ethnographic
  • carving
  • gram
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