Re: IS PIE * DERU EXCLUSIVELY INDO-EUROPEAN ?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Piotr Gasiorowski

> > arbor = doru
>
> Any particular reason for connecting these two, other than the

meaning?

> =================
> The same reason as for dakru = akru
> Arnaud

Come, now, dakru v. akru is a difference of just one segment. _arbor_
v. _doru_ is a rather larger difference.

> ============
> so the connection
> > eigh = deigh (to stick, to sting)
> What is "eigh"?
> ========
> Cf English itch-
> Arnaud

Germanic *yuk, so no connection. We have OE _giccan_/_gyccan_ 'to
itch', OS _jukkian_, OHG _jucchen_.

> ================
> Skt. ahar/n- vs. Gmc. *DaGaz,
> but in the latter the initial goes back to *dH, not *d.
> ========
> Why *dH ?
> Could you please explain more ?
> Arnaud

Grimm's law.

Richard.