From: alex
Message: 34919
Date: 2004-10-30
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Sergejus Tarasovas"maybe a derivative of male *pess (Pokorny #1506) combined with the form of
> <S.Tarasovas@...> wrote:
>
>> 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>?
>
> I'm not disputing the etymology. I'm just curious as to how one can
> go from 'buttocks' to 'vulva'. It doesn't seem like a vulva is
> really something that one sits upon.
>
> - Rob