Re: Good, better, Best. Bad, Worse, Worst

--- In cybalist@..., rhtabone@... wrote:

> Hello all.
>
> I have been thinking about this for quite some time, but I never

knew

> how to go about it.
>
> 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?

I don't know if this counts:
Danish "Du godeste!" [My goodness!]. Both probably euphemisms.

Torsten