Re: [SPAM] [tied] Re: Latin /a/ after labials, IE *mori

On 2009-06-03 11:56, alexandru_mg3 wrote:

> We have three words
>
> > > 'to know' --> 'family, clan' in Gothic?
> > > 'to know' --> 'kinsman, close relative' in Sanskrit?
> > > even
> > > 'to know' --> 'son-in-law' in Latvian?
>
> and you continously has talked only about the semantism of 'son-in-
> -law'

Because the rest is unproblematic. 'The known /recognised ones' covers
both affinity and sonsanguinity. 'The begotten ones' would cover only
the latter. Old English <cu:þ> (*g^n.h3-tó-) meant 'known' but also
'familiar, related' as contrasted with <elþe:odig> 'strange, foreign'.
Compare also the semantic development of Old English <cy:þ> from
'knowledge' to 'homeland' and finally to Modern English <kith> (<... and
kin>).

Piotr