However, the form gēr ( from PGmc * gaizaz ) seems far too advanced phonetically for the 1st century, has a long vowel where a short one is expected, and the Latin form has a simplex-n -, not a geminate.

There is a spinoff from Verner's Law: the rule accounts also for PGmc * z as the development of PIE * s in some words.

The term also appears in other forms, such as blēdsian ( before 830 and derived from PGmc * blōðisōjanan ), blētsian from around 725 and blesian from around 1000, all meaning " to make sacred or holy by sacrificial custom ; to mark with blood ".

The Proto-Indo-European ( PIE ) voiceless stops * p, * t and * k should have changed into Proto-Germanic ( PGmc ) * f ( bilabial fricative ), * þ ( dental fricative ) and * h ( velar fricative ), according to Grimm's Law.

Connected to this is the PGmc strong verb * ƀlōtanan attested in Gothic blotan, Old Norse blóta, Old English blótan and Old High German bluozan, all of which mean " to sacrifice, offer, worship ".

There are also other Vernerian alternations, as illustrated by German ziehen ' to draw, pull ': zogen ' to tug, drag ' ← PGmc.

Proto-Germanic * wanđijanan is a causative derivative of * wenđanan ‘ to wind, wrap ’, from which the modern English verb wind developed.

As a Humanist, Dr. Huxley interests himself in the possibilities of human development, and one thing we can say about this suggestion, which comes from a leading zoologist, is that, so far as he is concerned, the scientific outlook places no rigid limitation upon the idea of future human evolution.

While my memory holds with relentless tenacity, as I cannot too often stress, to my wrongs, when it comes to my shames, it gestures and jokes and toys with chronology like a prestidigitator in the hope of distracting me from them.

Aubrey's mention of it ( 2:67, and Bodleian MS Aubr. 8, F. 63 ) comes from this prolusion, through Christopher Milton or Edward Phillips.

A call for action `` before it is too late '' has alarming implications when it comes from a man who, in his previous reports on the schools, cautioned so strongly against extreme measures.

Many home-bound subway riders utilizing the Flushing-Main Street express are daily confronted with the sight of the local departing from the Woodside station as their express comes to a stop, leaving them stranded and strained.

There was an air of blindness in her gray eyes, the startled-horse look that ultimately comes to some women who are born at the end of an ancestral line long since divorced from money-making and which, besides, has kept its estate intact.

-- The deterrent power of our Armed Forces comes from both their nuclear retaliatory capability and their capability to conduct other essential operations in any form of war.

This comes not alone from high-set, high-rep training, but from certain definition-specialization exercises which the champion selects for himself with the knowledge of exactly what works best for him.

During a round of target practice the sun comes from behind a cloud and dazzles the marksman, lowering his chance of a bull's-eye.

Much of the available information comes not from the Federal government but from an exchange of experiences among states.

that on the immediate horizon, if further large-scale ( relatively speaking ) desegregation comes, it will result from court orders on suits filed in several Middle-South states.

The final example of the failure to use available evidence, though evidence of a different kind from that which has so far been considered, comes from Fromm's treatment of some other writers who have dealt with the same themes.

This theme comes to represent the outer world, the realm of battles and banquets -- seen from a distance, quite distinct from the quieter spiritual life in the monastery.

Much of the material comes directly from secondary sources such as Strukturbericht.

Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, former President of the Ford Motor Company, comes from a generation different from that of Eisenhower's own first Secretary of Defense, Charles Wilson, who had been head of General Motors.

Udall, who comes from one of the Mormon first-families of Arizona, is a bluff, plain-spoken man with a lust for politics and a habit of landing right in the middle of the fight.

A picture of her in high school comes from a younger schoolmate, Albert S. Flint, friend of her brother Winslow, and later, like Winslow, a noted astronomer.

One of the finest of artists' oils comes from poppy seeds.

Sesame seed, which comes from the tall pods of a plant grown in Egypt, Brazil, and Central America, has a toasted-nut flavor and can be used in almost any dish calling for almonds.

We had tea at Mr. Washizu's home where I learned that he, too, comes from a very wealthy family.

It comes from Proto-Indo-European *.

The word black comes from Old English blæc (" black, dark ", also, " ink "), from Proto-Germanic * blakkaz (" burned "), from Proto-Indo-European * bhleg-(" to burn, gleam, shine, flash "), from base * bhel-(" to shine "), related to Old Saxon blak (" ink "), Old High German blah (" black "), Old Norse blakkr (" dark "), Dutch blaken (" to burn "), and Swedish bläck (" ink ").

An alternative, Proto-Indo-European etymology comes through Potnia and Despoina ; where Des-represents a derivative of PIE * dem ( house, dome ), and Demeter is " mother of the house " ( from PIE * dems-méh₂tēr ).

The word dragon entered the English language in the early 13th century from Old French dragon, which in turn comes from Latin draconem ( nominative draco ) meaning " huge serpent, dragon ," from the Greek word δράκων, drakon ( genitive drakontos, δράκοντος ) " serpent, giant seafish ", which is believed to have come from an earlier stem drak -, a stem of derkesthai, " to see clearly ," from Proto-Indo-European derk-" to see " or " the one with the ( deadly ) glance.

The word sword comes from the Old English sweord, cognate to Old High German swert, Old Norse sverð, from a Proto-Indo-European root * swer-" to wound, to cut ".

The English word " wine " comes from the Proto-Germanic * winam, an early borrowing from the Latin vinum, " wine " or "( grape ) vine ", itself derived from the Proto-Indo-European stem * win-o-( cf.

The English word wheel comes from the Old English word hweol, hweogol, from Proto-Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European, an extended form of the root " to revolve, move around ".

These all stem from Proto-Germanic * ansis ~ ansuz, which itself comes from Proto-Indo-European * ( gen. ) " life force " ( cf.

The word fey, originally meaning " fated to die " or " having forebodings of death " ( hence " visionary ", " mad ", and various other derived meanings ) is completely unrelated, being from Old English fæge, Proto-Germanic * faigja-and Proto-Indo-European * poikyo -, whereas Latin fata comes from the Indo-European root * bhã-" speak ".

The Celtic name comes from the Proto-Indo-European root * ret-(" to run, roll "), which yielded the word rota (" wheel ") in Latin, from which is derived " rotate " and " to roll " in English.

As an instance, in the field of paleolinguistics, Colin Renfrew, in re-examining Proto-Indo-European language and making a case for the spread of Indo-European languages through neolithic Europe in connection with the spread of farming, outlined three basic, primary processes through which a language comes to be spoken in a specific area: initial colonization, replacement and continuous development.

The word " name " comes from Old English nama ; akin to Old High German ( OHG ) and Sanskrit न ा मस ् ( naamas ), Latin nomen, and Greek ὄνομα ( onoma ), possibly from the Proto-Indo-European ( PIE ) * nomn -.

The word " Mara " comes from the Proto-Indo-European root * mer meaning to die, and so it is related to the European Mara, the Slavic Marzanna and the Latvian Māra.

The name of the river comes from a Proto-Indo-European root * nr primarily associated with water ( compare Narva, Neretva, Neris, Ner and Nur ).

Linguists think that its name comes from the Proto-Indo-European language.

According to other sources, the word farm comes from Middle English ferme (" farm, rent, revenue ; revenue collected from a farmer ; factor, stewardship, meal, feast "), from Old English feorm, farm (" provision, stores of food, supplies, possessions ; provisions supplied to the king or a lord by a tenant or vassal ; rent, feast, benefit, assylum "), from Proto-Germanic * firmō, * firχumō (" means of living, subsistence "), from Proto-Indo-European * perk < sup > w </ sup > u-(" life, strength, force ").

The English word spirit comes from the Latin spiritus, meaning " breath ", but also " spirit, soul, courage, vigor ", ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European *( s ) peis.