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

tgpedersen wrote:

> Falk & Torp
> "
> 'dirre' in recent ablaut to Sw. 'darra' ODa. 'darre'. Next to it are
> forms with -dr- for -rr-: Nw. dial. 'didra' and 'dadra',
> Eng. 'didder' (and 'dodder'), G.
> dial. 'tattern', 'dattern' "tremble" [TP: cf G. 'zittern' id.].
> These side forms seem to represent different types of reduplication,
> a complete ('darra' from *dar-dr-�n) and an incomplete ('dadra' from
> *da-dr-�n); cf. Gr. 'toithor�zein' "tremble" from IE root
> *dher "jump" (Gr. th�rnusthai), to which also
> Lit. 'dreb�' "trembles" and Arm. 'dordoj^el' "tremble"
> "
>
> Torsten
>

See too Rom. "d�rd�i" ( < *dardari or *dr.dr.-) and Alb. "dridhur" with
the same meaning of "tremble".
I guess here we have two distinct root, *ter- and *dar-

Alex




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