From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 20648
Date: 2003-04-01
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From: "alex_lycos" <altamix@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 10:18 PM
Subject: [tied] slavic "dalto"
> Is this indeed a slavic word? Or this is too borrowed from somewhere?
It's echt Slavic. From *delbti, *dolbati 'make holes'. *dolto 'chisel' < *dolb-to; the cluster was simplified in Slavic.
Piotr