Re: [tied] *XXX

The most popular Slavic verb of "that kind", so obscene that many dictionaries pretend it doesn't exist, is a 100% cognate of Sanskrit yabhati. As for *h1ors-o-s, it's attested even in Hittite.

Piotr

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From: Mark Odegard

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Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 8:02 PM

Subject: [tied] Re: leopard with brown spots

J. Klek wrote: > Hi! > > I was > quite suprised to see also other very offensive words to have PIE > etymologies. It looks like that kind of words somehow survive > quite well. They must have been probably always very popular... My favorite is PIE *ors, 'backside', 'buttocks': arse, ass. My view is that these words should be rehabilitated. How can terms with such impeccably ancient etymologies possibly be obscene?