Re: Baby/infant
| From: | taliesin the storyteller <taliesin-conlang@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, August 22, 2006, 20:48 |
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* caeruleancentaur said on 2006-08-22 22:26:40 +0200
> I'm looking for a word for "baby/infant" in a natlang that has not
> evolved from "indistinct speech" (baba > baby) or from "not speaking"
> (in-fans > infant). Does anyone know of such?
Norwegian "spedbarn", a baby prior to walking. I assume the "sped-" is
the same as "sped" meaning simply "small, slight in size", but for all I
know it might have something to do with truffles...
t.
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