Comparative evidence

h₂merd

• Lat. mordeō -ēre ‘wound with the teeth’, ‘bite’, ‘gnaw’, ‘erode’, ‘grip’, ‘sting’, ‘hurt’, ‘worry’ (OLD: 1133-1134)

References

OLD = Glare, P. G. W. 1968. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.