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#54454 02/02/02 02:24 AM
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I can't think of any reflexes of mundus in English save "mundane"
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Mondayne?


#54456 02/02/02 04:22 AM
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The lac- root is derived from Latin lac, probably related to Greek gala (the oblique forms of the latter are galakto- or galakso-).

A proto-form *g(a)lak- has been hypothesized; however, most other IE words related to "milk" seem to stem from a root *melg-. This is often interpreted to mean the "milk" word in both Latin and Greek was replaced by *g(a)lak- (there are other cases where both Latin and Greek have reflexes of a non-IE loan word); this explnation, however, is not universally accepted.


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this explnation, however, is not universally accepted.

LOL!


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not universally accepted.

Are any?


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