Re: Brugmann's Law

From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 51456
Date: 2008-01-19

 
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From: Patrick Ryan
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 3:19 AM
Subject: [Courrier indésirable] Re: [tied] Re: Brugmann's Law

For whatever it may  be worth, I believe yeb is derived from PIE *yebh-, in turn derived from ¿E-P?FO, 'abdomen place' (cf. Egyptian jb, 'heart').
 
So its basic meaning, IMHO, is 'bump bellies'.
 
Patrick
 
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Sorry
but I do not have this anatomic disgrace.
 
PIE *y_bh is cognate with Arabic zubb.
 
It probably also has connections with Chinese insult :
cao4 ni3 ma1 bi4 : F*** your mother's C***.
Cao4 < *dzab-s
Unfornately, no dialectal data is available on bad words.
 
Arnaud
 

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