Re: [tied] Re: Good, better, Best. Bad, Worse, Worst

> > I wanted to gather evidence for my thesis that in all IE
> > languages, the comparative and superlative of 'Good'
> > and 'Bad' are always formed from another stem.
> > This works for the adverbs as well.
> > I know an example from Romance:
> > Port: bom (adj), bem(adv), melhor (adj, adv comp and sup),
> > mau (adj), mal (adv) -> pior (adj, adv comp and sup).
> > Engl: good(adj), well(adv), better (comp), best(sup)
> > bad(adv), badly(adv), worse (comp), worst(sup)
> > Can anyone prove or disprove this statement?

In Dutch, "bad"
= slecht, slechter, slechtst,
= kwaad, erger, ergst,
= erg, erger, ergst.

Marc