Re: Re[2]: [tied] Re: Brugmann's Law

I'd imagine that orphan and robot are related to "rip"
and "(be)reft" --i.e. "ripped away from, deprived from
(freedom, family, goods)"


--- "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:

> I am not very convinced by this connection.
> I tend to think that rob-ot and lab-or
> are connected with Arabic &abd "bonded person,
> servant"
> Hence infix variants : H2r_b(h) and H2l_b(h) in PIE.
> Orphan should then be :
> worker > slave > little slave > child with no
> parents
> Hard to swallow.
>
> Arnaud
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rick McCallister
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 1:59 AM
> Subject: Re: Re[2]: [tied] Re: Brugmann's Law
>
>
> orphan and robot are supposedly from the same root
>
> --- "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:
>
> > At 3:56:48 AM on Saturday, January 19, 2008,
> > fournet.arnaud
> > wrote:
> >
> > > From: Rick McCallister
> >
> > >> It makes sense given the relationshion
> between
> > for words
> > >> for orphan and slave.
> >
> > > What is this relationship supposed to be ?
> >
> > <http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE363.html>
> >
> > Brian
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>

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