Re: dinte=dentis

--- In cybalist@..., Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> On Tue, 3 Sep 2002 23:38:30 +0200, alexmoeller@... wrote:
>

The Slavic word zo~bU (dim. zo~bIcI) is from PIE *g^ombh-

> (> English comb, German Kamm), which means "tooth" in Slavic,

Tocharian <kam>

> and Albanian <dhëmb>.
>
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> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv@...

The real purpose of the first combs was to comb for lice. Look at a
fish jaw bone with teeth after you ate the fish: same shape, could
possibly be used. Maybe that's the connection?

Torsten