{"id": "card_cognate_mother", "kind": "reference", "title": "mother — a cognate across the family (PIE *mehter-)", "body": "The word for 'mother', one etymon descending down several branches and meeting at the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European *mehter-. Reflexes (attested): italic: mater; hellenic: meter; indo-iranian: matr; germanic: mother; balto-slavic: mate. The Germanic form follows no Grimm shift on m; t -> th medially: mater -> mother. The reflexes are attested; *mehter- is a reconstruction (a postulate, not sealed). This cognate is where the branches that carry it connect.", "source": {"label": "the comparative method; cognate sets of Indo-European", "url": "", "ref": "stick_grimm_s_law_a_regular_sound_correspondence_verified", "domain": "linguistics", "authority_tier": "reference"}, "shelf": "codex", "box": "cognate", "bands": ["indo-european", "cognate", "mother", "etymology", "linguistics"], "subject": "mother", "connections": [{"to_card_id": "card_ie_branch_italic", "relationship": "builds_on", "evidence": "mother: the italic reflex mater"}, {"to_card_id": "card_ie_branch_hellenic", "relationship": "builds_on", "evidence": "mother: the hellenic reflex meter"}, {"to_card_id": "card_ie_branch_indo_iranian", "relationship": "builds_on", "evidence": "mother: the indo-iranian reflex matr"}, {"to_card_id": "card_ie_branch_germanic", "relationship": "builds_on", "evidence": "mother: the germanic reflex mother"}, {"to_card_id": "card_ie_branch_balto_slavic", "relationship": "builds_on", "evidence": "mother: the balto-slavic reflex mate"}], "author": "engine", "created_at": 0.0, "updated_at": 0.0, "visibility": "public", "lifecycle_stage": "public", "volatility": "permanent", "surface": "secular", "generated": false, "call": "codex.cognate", "facets": {"subject": ["etymology", "indo-european", "linguistics", "mother"]}, "presentation": {"glyph": "•", "kind_label": "cognate", "by": "the comparative method; cognate sets of Indo-European", "authority": "reference", "posted": "", "standing": ""}, "neighbors": [{"id": "card_ie_branch_italic", "title": "Italic — a branch of Indo-European", "relationship": "builds on", "why": "mother: the italic reflex mater", "href": "/card/card_ie_branch_italic", "resolved": true}, {"id": "card_ie_branch_hellenic", "title": "Hellenic — a branch of Indo-European", "relationship": "builds on", "why": "mother: the hellenic reflex meter", "href": "/card/card_ie_branch_hellenic", "resolved": true}, {"id": "card_ie_branch_indo_iranian", "title": "Indo-Iranian — a branch of Indo-European", "relationship": "builds on", "why": "mother: the indo-iranian reflex matr", "href": "/card/card_ie_branch_indo_iranian", "resolved": true}, {"id": "card_ie_branch_germanic", "title": "Germanic — a branch of Indo-European", "relationship": "builds on", "why": "mother: the germanic reflex mother", "href": "/card/card_ie_branch_germanic", "resolved": true}, {"id": "card_ie_branch_balto_slavic", "title": "Balto-Slavic — a branch of Indo-European", "relationship": "builds on", "why": "mother: the balto-slavic reflex mate", "href": "/card/card_ie_branch_balto_slavic", "resolved": true}], "house": {"door": "FIND", "kind": "card", "trail": "connections", "seal": "/card/card_cognate_mother", "next_step": {"do": "follow a connection: what this card rests on, and what rests on it", "door": "FIND", "tool": "card_connections", "params": {"id": "card_cognate_mother"}}, "ends": "a verdict or a card · the trail · a seal · one next step"}}