Re: Re[2]: [tied] Re: Etymology of PIE *ph2ter

On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 14:23:02 -0500, "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?
>

I was merely following the usual spelling convention for
nursery words (da-da, ma-ma, pa-pa, etc.).

My almost 13-month old daughter says /t'at'/ a lot
(palatalized t's -- she got some upper teeth only recently).
It doesn't mean "father" (but I'm not sure what it *does*
mean).

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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