Re: [tied] The "Mother" Problem

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> Finally, I propose that the word for "brother" comes from the root
> *bher- "carry": *bhr-xter-.

Et tu?

>Perhaps the older form of the word was
> *bhrtérs "a (fellow?) carrier".

Carrying what? It's someone from across the river.

Could it be a ppp. *bhr.-ó-t- of a thematic extension of *bh-r-?
(Russian has -n-: bran-).


Torsten