Re: Saying "Thank You"
From: | Dan Jones <feuchard@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, August 28, 2001, 20:43 |
Jeff Jones wrote:
> I see; it was the {gratia} that confused me, since that looks like Latin
> {gra:tia}. Is *bar-dos the preform for bard? If so, AHD2 has *gwr=@-do. It
> seems that your PIE *gher is Watkins' *gwer@1, both meaning praise. So
much
> for the comparative method (unless of course you're using an alternate
> history PIE)!
Damn the outdated Pokorny and his evil minions!! My source for the protoform
of *bardos is *ghr-dho, which I used for the Aredos herzo:s "poet", now to
be changed to uerdos, from *gwr=@-do. Arse.
Dan
> Jeff
>
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La plus belle fois qu'on m'a dit
"je t'aime"
c'était un mec
qui me l'a dit...
Francis Lalane
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