Ok, then there is no problem. It is an accident. But how does one get this
meaning from "one"? What does *ad- mean?

John wrote:

Mark Hubey wrote

> There is no reason why Latin adun- and Turkic utan cannot be
> related. It also shows up in Turkic as uyal, and ayIp (shameful).

Fine Mark, except that etymologically we are told the word in Latin
was not *adun-, but rather two roots, *ad- and *-una, the second
meaning the number 'one'.

Regards

John



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