Re: Dairy Words

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

> What is the Indo-European root of Sk. *dujh- 'to milk'?
> I find no *dheugh- in my references with that meaning.

Pokorny derives _duháti_ and _dógdhi_ 'milk' (so I suppose the
Sanskrit root is _duh_) from *dHeugH 'touch, press, milk' (root
#417). It's *gH, not g^H. The only English congante I can think of
is 'Pentateuch', from Greek _teukhos_ 'tool, vessel'.

> What is the P.I.E. root of Sk. ruh- 'to ascend'?

Pokorny derives it from *leudH (root #1187) 'grow up, ascend', which
some would gloss as 'grow up, people, free'.

> I can
> find no *reugh- in 'The American Heritage Dictionary of
> I.E. Roots', but I do find *reugh-men 'cream' there. Is
> *reugh-men based on the missing *reugh- 'ascend'?

Unlikely, and obviously not immediately as you thought.

> Does
> the Farsi roughan 'fat' come from *reughmen? Thanks you.

From Satarostin's scaning in of Pokorny, I would say Pokorny says it
does. Pokorny give "Npers. ro:g|an '(ausgelassene) Butter'" as one
of its derivatives (root #1628).

Richard.