Word
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Root
vereva
to speak, to talk, to converse; standard Shona -reva, to say, to mean, to signify
Word descends from Shona vereva, to speak, to say, to mean
- Confidence
- 72/100
- Root language
- Shona
- Descent begins
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The consensus position
Mainstream comparative linguistics derives English word from Old English word, from Proto-Germanic *wurda-, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dhh1om, a derivative of the root *werh1- "to speak, say", with cognates Latin verbum and Lithuanian vardas. No connection to Bantu is recognised.
The working behind this.
The full descent — 7 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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