Re: PIE gHaido- = Semitic gady = Germanic kiDjam?

Patrick:

Joao, in my opinion, Semitic *gady would correspond to PIE *ghad(h)y-.

Semitic *gaid- would correspond to PIE *ghaid(h)-; if *ghaid-, this can be related to the PIE for 'goat' ('hairy body').

I think two divergent borrowings quite unlikely.

If PIE *gidh- exists in Semitic, it would have the form *k-y-d-.

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From: Joao S. Lopes

To: Cybalist

Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 8:58 AM

Subject: [tied] PIE gHaido- = Semitic gady = Germanic kiDjam?

Is it possible a relationship between PGermanic *gaitaz "goat" (cf. Latin haedus, pointing to Western IE *gHaidos) and PGerm *kiDjam, kitti:n "kid" (pointing to IE *gidH-). I've already read that IE gHaido was from Semitic gady. Maybe *gHaido and *gidH- may represent two divergent borrowings from a common source. What do you think?

JS Lopes

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