Re: Latin -idus as from dH- too

I've seen sister analyzed as "one's own (female)"
based on *su- but something is missing. Perhaps "one's
own pledged (female)" --i.e. if Marcel Mauss is not so
outdated to be considered useless.

--- "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rick McCallister
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 11:51 PM
> Subject: Re: Re: Re: [tied] Latin -idus as from dH-
> too
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> My point is that word first meant "female" --i.e. a
> grown daughter or a daughter who would be married
> and nurse her children
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> A bold analysis of daughter *dhugH2°ter
> could then be from *uk-sor "wife"
> t?_wg-H2_t-er
> one (-er) to be (t?-) married (wg) child (H2_t).
>
> But it's really bold.
>
> Note that sister is not so far :
> s-wed-to:r : the one (s-) who is wed (wed-)
>
> Arnaud
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