Re: -st

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Rob" <magwich78@...> wrote:

>
> > *(h1)pi-sd-eh2 'vulva'<'buttocks'<'what one sits on' (with

reflexes

> > in Balto-Slavic, Albanian and Nu:rista:ni).
>
> How do you derive 'vulva' from 'buttocks'?

It's a commonly accepted etymology. One can try to remove 'buttocks'
and derive 'vulva' directly from 'what one sits on', if he has
trouble with 'buttocks'. At any rate, what is your etymology of BSl.
*pi:zda: and Alb. <pidh>?

Sergei