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

From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 51659
Date: 2008-01-20

From: Rick McCallister

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

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The root contains *bh hence should be **rib in Germanic

Arnaud

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