Re: * Re: Push (3)

> There's an interesting possibility to link wife, with no known
> etymology, with Vogul wup.

> Mansi (Vogul): wûp (P) 'Schwägerin, Tante; Frau des jüngeren
> Bruders des Mannes', ûp (So.) 'Frau des jüngeren Bruders der
> Mutter'

On the basis of Gmc. *wi:bam and Toch. A <kip>, Toch. B <kwi:pe>
'female pudenda' a root *gHwi:bH- 'shame; pudenda' has been suggested.

<http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE175.html>

Brian

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Thank you M. Scott.

Anyway, a connection between Germanic and Tocharian is one more reason to
thing this word is a possible eastern LW _into_ these two IE languages.

A.