ἀρχήarche
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Root
-ereka
to load, to place on, to set up on the head or shoulder; to install, to set in position
ἀρχή from Shona ereka, to set up, to place in position
- Confidence
- 54/100
- Root language
- Shona
- Descent begins
- ἀρχήAncient Greek
The consensus position
Mainstream comparative linguistics derives ἀρχή as a verbal abstract in -ā from ἄρχω "begin, rule", and treats ἄρχω itself as of unknown origin, with Chantraine and Beekes marking it unexplained and Beekes suggesting possible Pre-Greek substrate; no Shona or Bantu connection is entertained.
The working behind this.
The full descent — 5 links from the attested form down to the root — the segment-by-segment correspondences, the phonological breakdown and the case for the derivation are behind an account.
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Elsewhere in the corpus
- Pelagiaparato spread out, to lay out flat, to clear a surface level
- Kérberoskerekato be smeared, streaked, marked with dirt; causative kerekedza, to streak or daub
- ἀποκτείνω-tekanato be cut off, be broken off, be severed, to snap
- μάχαιραmhakamatter, case, dispute, cause of quarrel; fault, blame, the grounds on which one is answerable
- βλασφημία-bvato come out, to issue forth; in the derived bvuma, to give voice, to assent
- Theosmutsakindness, favour, mercy