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From: Andrew Jarrette
Message: 51102
Date: 2008-01-04

Just  thought that maybe a cybalist member might have the answer to a question that has always dogged me:  What are the origins of Gothic <du> "to" and <dis-> "apart" (as in <distairan>)?  They really look like West Germanic *to:/ta and *tuz- (German <zer->) but with <d> substituted for <t> for some reason (lack of stress?).  Or are they from IE words with *dh-?
 
Andrew Jarrette