δακρύωdakryo
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Root
-dukura
to draw out, to pull out, to extract, to drain out
δακρύω descends from Shona dukura, to draw out, to extract
- Confidence
- 54/100
- Root language
- Shona
- Descent begins
- δακρύωAncient Greek
The consensus position
Mainstream comparative linguistics treats δακρύω as a denominative verb from Ancient Greek δάκρυ / δάκρυον "tear", from a Proto-Indo-European form reconstructed as *draḱru- or *dáḱru-, cognate with Latin lacrima (older dacruma), Gothic tagr, Old English tēar and Sanskrit aśru. The irregular correspondences across branches are debated, with some authorities positing taboo deformation or a Pre-Greek substrate element, and no relationship to any African language is proposed.
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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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