Re: [tied] Re: nandru, nandra, nandri

The root is the same as in Gk. gamos (< *g^mh1os) 'wedding, marriage', and the *m is confirmed by Ved. ja:ma:tar-, Av. za:ma:tar- 'son-in-law'. There have been frequent instances of folk-etymological distortion in the history of this word, inspired by its similarity to the more common root *g^enh1-, also occurring in family terms (*g^enh1-to:r 'parent', *g^nh1-to- 'born; child'), and perhaps to *g^noh3- 'know' as well (Latv. znuots). The Lithuanian form is therefore aberrant (and so is Lat. gener).

Piotr

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--- In cybalist@......, "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@......> wrote: > By the way, this word is a respectable IE term, *g^(e)mh1-to- or *g^ (e)mh1-ro- 'son-in-law' (literally 'the married one'), cf. e.g. Lat. gener, Gk. gambros, Slavic *ze~tI, Lith. z^entas. > Thus, no connection with *genh1- as I've always supposed for z^éntas? I wish I could look at other examples of *nt > *mt in Lithuanian. Sergei