e-grade

Noun

uncountable

(Indo-European linguistics) In Proto-Indo-European linguistics, an ablaut form of a root characterised by the presence of the */e/ phoneme.

Japanese Meaning

原始インド・ヨーロッパ語の言語学において、語根が/e/という音素を含む母音交替（アブロータス）の一形態を指す。

In his analysis of Proto-Indo-European verb alternations, the linguist argued that the e-grade was preserved in many descendant languages.

彼は原始インド・ヨーロッパ語の動詞交替の分析で、母音eを特徴とするアブラウト形が多くの派生言語で保存されていると主張した。

Sense（1）

(Indo-European linguistics) In Proto-Indo-European linguistics, an ablaut form of a root characterised by the presence of the */e/ phoneme.

bʰer- is the e-grade of the root meaning “to carry, bear”.