Re: [tied] Re: Etymology of PIE *ph2ter

On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:15:47 +0000, Richard Wordingham
<richard@...> wrote:

>I woudn't be surprised if the Germanic p-word for 'daddy' were due to
>Latin _pater_ - any disproofs?

Yes. Latin <pater> is not reduplicating.

Influence from French <papa> cannot be excluded, especially
in the case of British /pA'pA:/, which is accented as a
loanword (but Vulgar Latin <pap(p)a> regularly gives E.
<pope>).

>As for _daddy_ itself - might not that
>derive from the /d/ of OE _fæder_ 'father'?

No, it's from da-da.


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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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