Re: [tied] slavic "dalto"

Alex, Piotr, don't be so cryptic. I can't find "dalto" in a
Romanian or in a Russian dictionary. Just what is it you are
discussing?
Dan

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski
<piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "alex_lycos" <altamix@...>
> To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 10:18 PM
> Subject: [tied] slavic "dalto"
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> > Is this indeed a slavic word? Or this is too borrowed from

somewhere?

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> It's echt Slavic. From *delbti, *dolbati 'make holes'.

*dolto 'chisel' < *dolb-to; the cluster was simplified in Slavic.

>
> Piotr