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Etymology

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    From Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti.[1] Cognates include Old English beran (English bear), Latin ferō, Sanskrit भरति (bhárati), Old Armenian բերեմ (berem), and Albanian bie.

    The future paradigm οἴσω (oísō) is derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃eyt- (to fetch). Cognates include Latin ūtor (to use).[2]

    The aorist ἤνεγκα (ḗnenka, I brought) is from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ne-h₁n̥ḱe-, from earlier *h₁é-h₁n̥ḱ-e-, reduplicated aorist of *h₁neḱ- (to take away). Cognates include Old Church Slavonic нести (nesti, to carry).

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    φέρω (phérō)

    1. to bring, bear, carry

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    Both φέρω (phérō) and ἄγω (ágō) mean “bring”, but φέρω (phérō) is used when the object is an inanimate object, while ἄγω (ágō) is used when the object is animate (a person or animal).

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    Descendants

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    • Greek: φέρνω (férno)
    • Mariupol Greek: феру (fjeru)

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    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “φέρω, -ομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1562-4
    2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “οἴσω, -ομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1063

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    Greek

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    Alternative forms

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    • φέρνω (férno, to carry something a distance)

    Etymology

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    Learnedly taken from Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō), from Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. Compare the inherited form φέρνω (férno).

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    • IPA(key): /ˈfe.ɾo/
    • Hyphenation: φέ‧ρω

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    φέρω (féro) (past έφερα, passive φέρομαι)

    1. to bear, carry (decoration, injuries, scars)

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    φέρω (féro)

    1. first-person singular dependent of φέρνω (férno)