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Re: Name that case

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Tuesday, November 13, 2007, 9:37
Quoting Eldin Raigmore <eldin_raigmore@...>:


> BTW the fact that "give" and "have" and "keep" and "capture" and all the "-
> ceive" verbs come from the same PIE root

"Have", "capture", and "-ceive" all come from *kap, but "give" is from *ghebh. I
can't find the PIE etymon of "keep" in a hurry - could be from *kap if it's a
Romance borrowing.

      Andreas