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Re: A prioi vs. A posteriori ?

From:Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
Date:Tuesday, February 4, 2003, 10:07
 --- 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 ===== "Originality is the art of concealing your source." - Franklin P. Jones __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com