Re: [tied] PIE *udhr and Etruscan thra 'breast'

From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 43081
Date: 2006-01-24

 
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Subject: [tied] PIE *udhr and Etruscan thra 'breast'

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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Patrick:
 
Quite possible; you might, however, also want to consider 'child' for thra: