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We also get tree, true, trust, betrothal, Druid, dour, and obdurate, amongst others, from the PIE root * deru- 'tree' ( link).
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Honestly zmjezhd, tree has very interesting roots.
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As a dendrolatry sectary I advise never to burn any part of the elderberry tree. Fierce bad luck. Hence the immortal insult "...your father was a hamster and your mother smelled of elderberries..."
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Honestly zmjezhd, tree has very interesting roots. Best that one leaves that one alone as we don't need to branch off in that direction. Yew know what wood happen were we to plant these dendrological puns in our corporate brain (touch wood)!
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Yes, but it has. I found the word 'trog' amongst them. Still alive and kicking in Dutch.
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