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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Abdullah Konushevci"
<akonushevci@...> wrote:
>
> Just follow the link:http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE62.html
>
Perhaps not so simple that building and German Bildung have the same
source, despite the likeness (and the sensible imagery of building
something inside your skull).
The work of etymology I have access to (Hellquist) indicates that
Bild, image, has something to do with twin, doubleness.
He quotes a parallel between Latin ima:go and Sanskrit yáma- twin,
though mentioning this as rather doubtful.
It would be interesting to have more updated contributions to these
etymologies from the members of this board.
Lars