Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dáḱru

Etymology
Linked to in some way, but the derivation is. One possibility is that it is a contraction from earlier, from the compound. This hypothesis explains the 🇨🇬 reflexes and 🇨🇬 well, but creates other questions. Even aside from the lack of known phonological parallels to such a contraction, it is unclear why the root was used rather than the main word for “eye” in Proto-Indo-European,, though C.J. Ruijgh suggests that the semantic distinction was a meaning “fixed eye” for the former.

Noun

 * 1)  tear (in the eyes)

Reconstruction notes
The Germanic n-stems can be interpreted as evidence of an original heteroclitic declension; see more at.

Descendants

 * < *dáḱruh₂
 * < *dáḱruh₂
 * < *dáḱruh₂
 * < *dáḱruh₂
 * < *dáḱruh₂
 * < *dáḱruh₂
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