Re: bitch

From: tgpedersen
Message: 51573
Date: 2008-01-20

> > > Is this Sw. tik "bitch"?
> > > Cf.
> > > Kuhn, Fremder t-Anlaut im Germanischen
> > > "
> > > 17. ti:k- (und tu:k-?) 'Hündin', in an. tík und
> > > hd. m(und)a(rt)l.
> > > Zauche / Zauck, wenn aus tu:k-.
> > > "
> > >
> > > So a substrate word (like all roots in Germanic in TVT- where
> > > T = unvoiced stop, since PIE has no roots *DVD- where D =
> > > voiced stop)
>
> And so, how do you fit Zicke into this scheme?

Yes, it does. Cf. Kuhn's remarks in
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/51569


Torsten