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From: lilandbr@scn.org (Leland Bryant Ross)
Subject: Re: *PIE have
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Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 03:34:09 GMT
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In a previous article, T.Gerritsen@inter.nl.net (T.T. Gerritsen) says:
>[...]
>Thus 'have' is perfectly regularly derived from 'cap-', not from 'hab-'.

It's more probable that it's from `*kap-'; `cap-' is cognate with, not 
parental to, `have'.  

>It shows that language comparison should result in consistent theories
>about sound-shifts and the like, and should not be based on
>haphazardly taking words that only superficially resemble each other.
>This sort of pastime is usually called 'Volksetymologie' by linguists.

And `folk etymology' by those of us who don't *quite* make the grade.
*And occasionally--rarely--folk etymology actually turns out to be right.
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