Hello Miguel,
Lets' take your arguments one by one :
I wrote :
> There isn't an 'obvious word' related to "faith" in any other IE
>languages that have derived words from
>the PIE *bhendh.
You Wrote :
> English <bond>, German <Bund>.
Is this your 'English <bond>' word, as descriobed below in The
American Heritage® Dictionary (see below) ?
If yes, well I will say like Piotr : If english 'bond' have
anything to do with 'faith' will result that : 'Piotr is Ghandi'.
(but is obvious that 'bond' is closed related to 'bind', and please
don't try to tell me that "to bind" is also closed related
to "faith', only because both terms speak about "a link")
Best Regards,
marius a.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
bond
PRONUNCIATION: bond
NOUN:
1. Something, such as a fetter, cord, or band, that binds, ties, or
fastens things together.
2. Confinement in prison; captivity. Often used in the plural.
3. A uniting force or tie; a link: the familial bond.
4. A binding agreement; a covenant.
5. A duty, promise, or other obligation by which one is bound.
6 a. A substance or agent that causes two or more objects or parts
to cohere.
b. The union or cohesion brought about by such a substance or
agent.
7. A chemical bond.
8. A systematically overlapping or alternating arrangement of
bricks or stones in a wall, designed to increase strength and
stability.
9. Law a. A written and sealed obligation, especially one requiring
payment of a stipulated amount of money on or before a given day.
b. A sum of money paid as bail or surety.
c. A bail bondsman.
10. A certificate of debt issued by a government or corporation
guaranteeing payment of the original investment plus interest by a
specified future date.
11. The condition of taxable goods being stored in a warehouse
until the taxes or duties owed on them are paid.
12. An insurance contract in which an agency guarantees payment to
an employer in the event of unforeseen financial loss through the
actions of an employee.
13. Bond paper.
VERB: Inflected forms: bond·ed, bond·ing, bonds
TRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To mortgage or place a guaranteed bond on.
2. To furnish bond or surety for.
3. To place (an employee, for example) under bond or guarantee.
4. To join securely, as with glue or cement.
5. To join (two or more individuals) in or as if in a nurturing
relationship: "What bonded [the two men]who spoke rarely and have
little personal rapportwas patience and a conviction that
uncontrolled inflation endangers . . . society" (Robert J.
Samuelson).
6. To lay (bricks or stones) in an overlapping or alternating
pattern.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To cohere with or as if with a bond.
2. To form a close personal relationship.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English, variant of band, from Old Norse. See
bhendh- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS: bonda·bili·ty NOUN
bonda·ble ADJECTIVE
bonder NOUN