PIE *udhr and Etruscan thra 'breast'
From: OctaviĆ Alexandre
Message: 43077
Date: 2006-01-24
From the Etruscan bronze mirror representing Hercules sucking June's
nipple (TLE 399): eca sren tva ichnac hercle unial clan thra sce, we
can infer Etruscan /thra/ 'breast'.
This word has obvious cognates in Sanscrit /udhar/, Greek /outhar/ and
Latin /uber/ 'breast', from PIE *udhr.
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