7-minute ITCH
From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 52264
Date: 2008-02-04
Piotr,
I ran across some interesting implications connected with 'itch'.
AHD says it is unattested in PIE but presumably from a unattested Germanic
*yuk-.
Do you think it might have a PIE antecedent in PIE *yeug^-, 'be stirred up'?
Anyone else who has an opinion, please join in.
Patrick