Re: [tied] The recent terror attacks prompting a question

Consider Lith. tri\mti, Goth. Tramstei, Alb. tremb, Gr. trémo:, Toch. A
tremi-, Czech tr^a:st < PS *tre~sti

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Hult" <datalampa@...>
To: "Cybalist" <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 5:22 PM
Subject: [tied] The recent terror attacks prompting a question


>Today´s grisly terror attack in London had me thinking of the word
>terror and its relatives in other tungues. When something like this
>happens I tend to seek comfort in linguistics. What I am thinking of is
>whether the swedish verb ´darra´ (shake) (old swedish the same) can
>correlate and correspond to lat. tremor. The online etymology database
>has the PIE base *tre- for tremor and tremble, ´shake´, and my question
>is; can -t- change into -d- like this or is it grammatically
>impossible? Can *tre- become swedish ´darra´?
>
>
>Carl Hult