Miguel:
>"Pressed, squeezed"? The root *wei(h1)- means
>"to turn, to wind, to twist", as appropriate for
>the vine plant.
Ah, that's what it was. Whatever. My point remains.
I figure *wei- or even *weih- would end up **wi- in
Tyrrhenian since *h disappears medially and
diphthongs are monophthongized. Is there a better
etymology for the wine word?
- gLeN
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