Re: A prioi vs. A posteriori ?

 --- Christophe Grandsire skrzypszy:

> > English "tree"?  It's not that far off... but then, as the word means
> > tree, you probably wouldn't have said "having a relationship with
> > woods".  But I don't want to avoid the obvious.
>
> Well, it *could* be that the word I was influenced by is related to
> English "tree", but I wouldn't know myself.
>
> By saying that, I'm giving away an important hint: indeed, the word I'm
> talking about is from an IE language :)) .
 --- i:

> > PIE *deru?
>
> If it is, it will be through one of its off-springs :)) . What is the outcome
> of this word in different IE languages?
Russian "derevo", Polish "drzewo"?

Jan

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