Re: 7-minute ITCH

Thank you for your help.

The link was interesting but unfortunately, I do not have Romanian.


Patrick

----- Original Message -----
From: "altamix" <alxmoeller@...>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 9:27 AM
Subject: [tied] Re: 7-minute ITCH


--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
wrote:
>
> 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


I wonder about Rom. "jeg" and "jughini/jughina", jigãri, jigoare,
etc., if they belong here
too... The "j" can be easely explained due "yu-" > "ju" cf.
Latin "iucare" > "juca". I am not sure about the "g" there but we
know too that there is a latin final "k" where we have anomalously a
Romanian "g" ( Latin vitricus - Rom. vitreg).

jeg= dirt
jughini= try to get the dirt off skin due scratching it.

the actual tries to etymologise it here are multiple, reaching all
the neighbouring languages, thus please see this link:

http://dexonline.ro/search.php?cuv=jeg

best regards

Alexandru Moeller

best regards

Alexandru Moeller