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#82239 10/02/02 01:11 PM
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the "z" was retained here (though lost in "yoke" itself).

Actual, it was added here. It never was in yoke. It's the zero-grade form of yeug-.

http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE600.html

That would imply "yoke" and "yolk" are connected.

You might infer that but you'd be wrong. Yoke is related to yellow

http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE158.html



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It's the zero-grade form of yeug-.


Ah. So I was right about zygote being connected to syzygy(as per the "union" meaning), but a zygote isn't an egg. Or rather an egg isn't necessarily a zygote. And a yolk is just a yolk.




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a yolk is just a yolk

You must remember, bloke,
A yoke is just a yoke,
A zyg is just a zyg.
The fundamental roots imply,
That they're not tied.


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Play it again, Ham.


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Play it

I don't know what you're talkin about, boss.


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