Re: Questions about 'take' and 'touch'

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

>
> On 2009-05-28 23:10, dgkilday57 wrote:
>
> > Old Norse <taka>, <to:k>, <tekinn> 'take' and Gothic <te:kan>,
> > <tai'to:k>, <te:kans> 'touch' are problematic since we don't
> > expect PIE roots of the form *deg- or *deHg-. Simple ideas
> > occurred to me and I'd like to know if they can be easily
> > dismissed, so I don't waste time pursuing faulty hypotheses.
>
> For my view, see:
>
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/45736
>
> Piotr

I used to have the idea that some verb *tVk- spread with the invention of metal-working; note that so many of the words in
http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/tw.html
are semantically relevant in that area. But now I'm suddenly in doubt whether bronze was processed mechanically like iron (iron would be too late) or only cast?


Torsten