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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Damn the outdated Pokorny and his evil minions!!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 >
---------------------------------- La plus belle fois qu'on m'a dit "je t'aime" c'était un mec qui me l'a dit... Francis Lalane ----------------------------------