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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Petr Hrubis <petr.hrubis@...> wrote:

>
> 2009/6/3 alexandru_mg3 <alexandru_mg3@...>:
> > 'to know' -> "clan, family" ? I don't see any sematic link ...If you could
> > see one , great for you :)
>
> In Czech, we sometimes use <zna'my'> "known" for friends and we often
> use <zna'most> lit. "acquaintance" for girl/boy-friends, unmarried
> partners, sexual partners etc., or even <va'z^na' zna'most> lit.
> "serious acquaintance" for someone we might marry in the future.
> Hence, my son/daughter's <[va'^na' ]zna'most> naturally becomes my
> daughter/son-in-law.
>
> Petr

Yes and some girls name they boy-friend 'doggy' and 'puppy' too...
but this doesn't mean that the /boy/ is derived from /k^won-/

Marius

P.S.: Not to add how some boys name their girl-friends too...