Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/wéřřō

This Proto-Hellenic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Hellenic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wéryeti (to be speaking (solemnly)).[1]

Verb

*wéřřō

  1. to say, to tell

Inflection

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: εἴρω (eírō)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “εἴρω 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 393