Piotr:
>But there is a lot of evidence for PIE *xan(n)os 'grandmother': Hit.
>hannas, Lycian xNna-, Armenian han, dialectal Old Greek annis, ano:,
>OHG ana (all meaning 'granny'), Latin anus 'old woman'
While we're on the subject, Mallory has a diagram in his book (In Search of
IEs) that shows the Omaha nature of the IE kinship. *xanos would be
"paternal grandmother" specifically. The other term shown is *awis for
"maternal grandmother". Of course, the reconstruction must be out-of-date
and looks Pokorny-like. At any rate, it looks like a derivation from the
word for "grandfather". So... what's the scoop on *awis (or *heuhis maybe??)
- gLeN
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