Re: Let's forget *pu:tium

On 2008-01-22 02:36, alexandru_mg3 wrote:

> So this *puk^- (from originally 'to punch, to sting' etc...) has
> started to describe, initially, different contacts with sexual
> connotations ...maybe also (why not?) all of them, in one term.

Ton Punchinga Rubbinga Stinginga Kissinga Fuckinga Root? You still
haven't explained why Alb. puth means 'kiss' (+ a bunch of closely
related meanings, but surely not not 'sting' or 'punch'), with the
strictly sexual meaning limited to the middle voice.

Piotr