Re: Re[3]: [tied] Latin -idus as from dH- too

The first thing that comes to mind is taboo
modification for "shit" and "penis". Words for liver
aren't usually seen as taboo.
Are there any other such words that are not subject to
taboo?

--- Miguel Carrasquer Vidal <miguelc@...> wrote:
. . .

> >The e: in Greek and Av
> >can be explained as an innovation.
> >What's wrong having a long vowel ?
>
> What needs to be explained is why in this word, and
> not in other words of identical structure (like

s'ákr.t

> (*k^ekWr/n)
> "shit" or kápr.th "penis").
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> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> miguelc@...
>
>

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