root noun

noun

In Indo-European languages and Proto-Indo-European, an archaic type of noun formed by adding inflectional endings directly to the root, with no intermediate suffixes.

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Meanings

nounroot noun (plural root nouns)

plural root nouns · alternative root-noun

  1. Indo European studiesIn Indo-European languages and Proto-Indo-European, an archaic type of noun formed by adding inflectional endings directly to the root, with no intermediate suffixes.

Translations

German Wurzelnomen, Wurzelsubstantiv
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APA

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Chicago

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