[tied] Re: Etymology of PIE *ph2ter

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:

>
> At 2:01:19 PM on Monday, January 2, 2006, Miguel Carrasquer
> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:15:47 +0000, Richard Wordingham
> > <richard@...> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> >>As for _daddy_ itself - might not that
> >>derive from the /d/ of OE _fæder_ 'father'?
>
> > No, it's from da-da.
>
> Why not from <dad>? Or would you simply allow <dad> as a
> possible intermediate step, with both da-da > daddy and
> da-da > dad > daddy?

My point was why /d/? My idea was that something like /dada/ might be
an acceptable approximation to _fæder_, whereas /tata/ has nothing
going for it.

Richard.