Re: Boss

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Frank Verhoft" <frank.verhoft@...>
wrote:

> <<<OED2 says that Du. <baas> 'master' was formerly 'uncle' and
> is "supposed to be related to Ger. _base_ female cousin, OHG
> _basa_ 'aunt'".<<<
>
> I checked out three Dutch etymological dictionaries:
> 1. Vercouille (1925): Baas < father's brother, basa, father's sister.
> Followed by the rather peculiar explanation that the PIE word was a

compound

> with *pater-, and that initial *p- changed to b, rather than to f.
> 2. Van Wijck/Haeringen (1949): the link with basa is very uncertain
> 3. Van Dale (2000): Eymology unknown.
>

Bedankt, hoor.

Could you sum up (parts of) the peculiar explanation? As you can guess
it sounds excting to one who expects a link with *poti-.



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