Gomb < *ghemb ? [Re: Miguel & dentis]

From: George S t a n a
Message: 15176
Date: 2002-09-06

>_Most_ Slavic languages lost them, but not all. In Polish the "tooth" word
>is spelt <zo,b> and pronounced [zomp].
>
>P{iotr

BTW, could the Hungarian "gomb" (button) and
"gomba" /gombO/ also be related to the same
PIE?

(Noteworthy that Hung. "d_omb_" (hill(ock)) has
a correspondent in Mongolian "d_emb_e" (which,
in turn, corresponds to Turk. "tepe/depe").)

George