PIE *dom- 'household' (was Re: Gimbutas)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "stlatos" <stlatos@...> wrote:

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> > Then you should refute the arguments given by the authors I've quoted.
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> You have not even attempted to offer a counter to any of the evidence I've given.
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Actually, *dom- 'household' > Latin domus isn't the only example of an isolated root within IE. For example, Latin colo: 'to dwell, to live', in-quil:-inus 'tenant', etc. derive from an isolated root *kWel- HOMONYMOUS to PIE *kWel- 'to turn'.  In turn, this root is cognate to Proto-Altaic *gù:lì 'dwelling, cottage' and Proto-Uralic *kilä/*külä 'dwelling'.

> Another example along the lines I've described with a different root is teglach = family / household OIr; (related to teg = house OIr; tégos = roof G; < * (s)teg+ = cover; exactly corresponding to the relationships I argued for * dem-x+ ).
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This is a compound *tego-slougo- 'household' from *tego- 'roofed building, house' and *slougo- 'retinue' (Matasović), but I'm afraid Latin has nothing comparable to this.

In fact, now I think it's possible for *domH2- 'to tame' to be related to *dom- 'household' and both in turn to Proto-Afrasian *dam- 'to live, to last, to sit', but NOT to *demH2- 'to build'. As João remarked, both concepts are linked to sedentarism.