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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *pid-
Meaning: to give birth
Celtic: *hidVn- > OIr idu, gen. idan, pl. n. idain `Geburtswehen, Schmerz'
Russ. meaning: рожать
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *fitan-
Meaning: give birth
Gothic: fitan st.? `be in labor, give birth to'
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 1518
Root: pid-
English meaning: to bear (child)
German meaning: `gebären'?? ursprüngl. `stark ziehen'?
General comments: nur germ. und kelt.
Material: Got. fitan `gebären', vielleicht zu ags. fitt `Streit', engl. fit `Anfall einer Krankheit', nwfries. fits `bissig'; mir. idu, Gen. idan, Nom. Pl. idain `Geburtswehen, Schmerz'; die mir. Flexion geht auf air. ā-Flexion zurück, wie z. B. mir. persu `Person' auf air. persan; der air. Nom. Sg. muß somit *idan (*pidunā) gelautet haben.
References: WP. II 70; vgl. Feist 155 f.
Pages: 830
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