From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 61511
Date: 2008-11-10
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From: "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...>
> The other is PGmc. *te:k-
> ~ *tak- (Goth. <tekan> 'to touch', ON <taka> 'to take'),
> which nicely matches Toch. B <täk-> 'touch, feel with the
> hand; fetch, procure'). In _From Proto-Indo-European to
> Proto-Germanic_ he derives these from post-PIE *deh1g- ~
> *dh1g- 'touch'; from Adams' _Dictionary of Tocharian B_ I
> gather that Ringe has previously attributed the Gmc.-Toch.
> match to borrowing in a direction that can't be determined.
>
> Brian
>
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Why should we suppose a loan ?
This root *deH1g (actually *deH2-k) is nicely represented by Arabic da&ak
"to rub ; to grab each other in a fight".
A.