"dʰerǵʰ-" meaning in Proto-Indo-European

See dʰerǵʰ- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Root

Etymology: Possibly an extension of *dʰer- (“to hold, hold fast, support”).
  1. to bind fast Tags: morpheme, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-dʰerǵʰ--ine-pro-root-Twskd5Fg
  2. to be firm Tags: morpheme, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-dʰerǵʰ--ine-pro-root-2UolUQwY
  3. to support Tags: morpheme, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-dʰerǵʰ--ine-pro-root-sDQVQy2J
  4. strong, robust Tags: morpheme, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-dʰerǵʰ--ine-pro-root-TDY97CCO Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Indo-European CeRC-shaped roots, Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header, Proto-Indo-European roots Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 0 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 0 100 Disambiguation of Proto-Indo-European CeRC-shaped roots: 0 0 0 100 Disambiguation of Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 0 100 Disambiguation of Proto-Indo-European roots: 0 0 0 100
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*dʰr̥ǵʰ-yé-ti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*drūgiz",
            "t": "hard, solid, dry"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *drūgiz (“hard, solid, dry”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *drūgiz (“hard, solid, dry”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*dʰr̥ǵʰtós (“strong, firm, hard”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "iir-pro",
            "2": "*dʰr̥ždʰás"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dʰr̥ždʰás",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dʰr̥ždʰás (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Unsorted formations:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Baltic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lt",
            "2": "dir̃žas",
            "t": "belt, strap"
          },
          "expansion": "Lithuanian: dir̃žas (“belt, strap”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lithuanian: dir̃žas (“belt, strap”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lv",
            "2": "dir̂ža",
            "t": "leather girdle"
          },
          "expansion": "Latvian: dir̂ža (“leather girdle”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latvian: dir̂ža (“leather girdle”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lt",
            "2": "dir̃žnas",
            "t": "firm, strong"
          },
          "expansion": "Lithuanian: dir̃žnas (“firm, strong”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lithuanian: dir̃žnas (“firm, strong”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "prg",
            "2": "dīrstlan",
            "der": "1",
            "t": "stately"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Old Prussian: dīrstlan (“stately”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Old Prussian: dīrstlan (“stately”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lt",
            "2": "dir̃žti",
            "t": "to harden, become tough"
          },
          "expansion": "Lithuanian: dir̃žti (“to harden, become tough”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lithuanian: dir̃žti (“to harden, become tough”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ae",
            "2": "𐬛𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌",
            "t": "to attach"
          },
          "expansion": "Avestan: 𐬛𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (dar^əzaiieⁱti, “to attach”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Avestan: 𐬛𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (dar^əzaiieⁱti, “to attach”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*druknaz",
            "t": "dry"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *druknaz (“dry”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *druknaz (“dry”)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly an extension of *dʰer- (“to hold, hold fast, support”).",
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰerǵʰ-",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to bind fast"
      ],
      "id": "en-dʰerǵʰ--ine-pro-root-Twskd5Fg",
      "links": [
        [
          "bind",
          "bind"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be firm"
      ],
      "id": "en-dʰerǵʰ--ine-pro-root-2UolUQwY",
      "links": [
        [
          "firm",
          "firm"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to support"
      ],
      "id": "en-dʰerǵʰ--ine-pro-root-sDQVQy2J",
      "links": [
        [
          "support",
          "support"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European CeRC-shaped roots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European roots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "strong, robust"
      ],
      "id": "en-dʰerǵʰ--ine-pro-root-TDY97CCO",
      "links": [
        [
          "strong",
          "strong"
        ],
        [
          "robust",
          "robust"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dʰerǵʰ-"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Proto-Indo-European CeRC-shaped roots",
    "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-Indo-European lemmas",
    "Proto-Indo-European roots"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*dʰr̥ǵʰ-yé-ti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*drūgiz",
            "t": "hard, solid, dry"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *drūgiz (“hard, solid, dry”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *drūgiz (“hard, solid, dry”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*dʰr̥ǵʰtós (“strong, firm, hard”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "iir-pro",
            "2": "*dʰr̥ždʰás"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dʰr̥ždʰás",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dʰr̥ždʰás (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Unsorted formations:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Baltic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lt",
            "2": "dir̃žas",
            "t": "belt, strap"
          },
          "expansion": "Lithuanian: dir̃žas (“belt, strap”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lithuanian: dir̃žas (“belt, strap”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lv",
            "2": "dir̂ža",
            "t": "leather girdle"
          },
          "expansion": "Latvian: dir̂ža (“leather girdle”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latvian: dir̂ža (“leather girdle”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lt",
            "2": "dir̃žnas",
            "t": "firm, strong"
          },
          "expansion": "Lithuanian: dir̃žnas (“firm, strong”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lithuanian: dir̃žnas (“firm, strong”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "prg",
            "2": "dīrstlan",
            "der": "1",
            "t": "stately"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Old Prussian: dīrstlan (“stately”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Old Prussian: dīrstlan (“stately”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lt",
            "2": "dir̃žti",
            "t": "to harden, become tough"
          },
          "expansion": "Lithuanian: dir̃žti (“to harden, become tough”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lithuanian: dir̃žti (“to harden, become tough”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ae",
            "2": "𐬛𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌",
            "t": "to attach"
          },
          "expansion": "Avestan: 𐬛𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (dar^əzaiieⁱti, “to attach”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Avestan: 𐬛𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (dar^əzaiieⁱti, “to attach”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*druknaz",
            "t": "dry"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *druknaz (“dry”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *druknaz (“dry”)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly an extension of *dʰer- (“to hold, hold fast, support”).",
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰerǵʰ-",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to bind fast"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bind",
          "bind"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be firm"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "firm",
          "firm"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to support"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "support",
          "support"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "strong, robust"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strong",
          "strong"
        ],
        [
          "robust",
          "robust"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dʰerǵʰ-"
}

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