Re: Re[2]: RE : [tied] Re: North of the Somme

But are *skei- & *sker- related? --the forms are too
similar to pass up
and the s- is mobile, right? See cut, maybe Latin
caesare?


--- "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:

> At 1:28:18 PM on Monday, September 3, 2007,
> fournet.arnaud
> wrote:
>
> >> From: Rick McCallister
>
> >> Isn't shit related to "shear", analogous to turd
> & tear?
>
> Watkins: 'shit' is from *skeid-, extended from
> *skei- 'to
> cut, to separate'; 'shear' is from *sker- 'to cut'.
> The
> PGmc. sources are *ski:tan and *skeran,
> respectively.
>
> > Could the root be *sk-H2i-t ?
>
> > or must it be *sk-i-t ?
>
> Not with the /t/ on the end.
>
> Brian
>
>
>

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