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minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzMlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·16 days agoIn addition to what @Successful_Try543@feddit.org said: it’s probably a cognate of English ⟨beam⟩. Note Latin didn’t inherit *dóru either, at least not the form meaning “tree”. It went with ⟨arbor⟩ instead, from PIE *h₃r̥dʰōs; roughly “the tall one”.
In addition to what @Successful_Try543@feddit.org said: it’s probably a cognate of English ⟨beam⟩.
Note Latin didn’t inherit *dóru either, at least not the form meaning “tree”. It went with ⟨arbor⟩ instead, from PIE *h₃r̥dʰōs; roughly “the tall one”.