Re: [tied] Seeking Information Please

On Tue, 03 Sep 2002 02:28:36 +0000, "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...>
wrote:

>Miguel:
>>Actually, given Indo-Iranian *dhaugh- "to milk", it makes more sense to
>>analyze the "daughter" word as *dhugh-h2ter-, [...]
>
>Well, I dunno. Do people tend to milk their daughters where you come from?

Daughters tend to milk their mothers. Cf. Grk. koura, We. hogen, Slav. de^va,
Lat. fi:lia, Latv de:ls, all from roots meaning "suck, nourish, milk".

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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