Re: alb. gji (breast)

Hi Torsten and Alex !

Pokorny traces back Lat. fŒmina to *die (suckle). I am not sure if
this is a PIE root or Proto-Latin.

Sorry for not giving an accurate definition.

Alvin


--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...>"
<tgpedersen@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "mbikqyres <a96_aeu@...>"
> <a96_aeu@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi !
> >
> > Does anybody know if there is any relation between

Albanian 'gji'

> > (bosom, breast) and Latin 'die' (suckle) ?
> >
> > Alvin
>
> Actually, 'die' with that meaning is Danish. The same root appears

in

> Latin in 'fe-mina'.
>
> Torsten