Roots / *gerh₂-₂
gerh₂-₂ “to cry, call out” Widely accepted speech sound emotion
Source of English care, garrulous, Latin garrio
At a Glance
Reconstruction gerh₂-₂ Meaning “to cry, call out” Confidence Widely accepted Semantic field speech, sound, emotion Root for crying out, yielding English care (originally grief/cry) and Latin garrīre (to chatter).
(s)teh₂n- “to thunder” (s)tenh₂- “to crash, to thunder” bʰeh₁-mn̥ “utterance, speech” bʰerǵʰ-tó- “raised up, elevated, proud” bʰleh₁-k- “to cry out, to bleat” bʰleh₁-s- “to blow, to blast” bʰormo- “to buzz, murmur, drone” bʰrem- “to hum, to buzz, to make a low sound” related entry