The PIE root refers to the “Proto-Indo-European root,” which is a concept used in historical linguistics. Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the hypothetical common ancestor of the Indo-European languages, which includes a wide range of languages spoken in Europe and Asia.
A PIE root is a basic morpheme from which various words in different Indo-European languages are derived. These roots are reconstructed by linguists based on comparative studies of descendant languages. For example, the PIE root *bher- means “to carry,” and it has descendants in many languages, such as Latin “fero” (I carry), Greek “pherein” (to carry), and English “bear.”
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