Re: Etymology: Deutsch and "tautos" - just a coincidence?


lorad474@xxxxxx wrote:
Fiance wrote:
Christopher Culver ra?e:
"tautos" is a contraction of the demonstrative with the word "itself",
the formulation "that itself" came to mean "same". So, no connection.

Thank you, Christopher!

Could you elaborate a bit on the "tautos" as a contraction? From which
(Old) Greek word is "tautos" shortened? How did the words meaning
"itself" and "that itself" look like in Old Greek?

Sveiki, 'Finance',
I am dubvious of Christopher's contention.

Try these various older posts from sci.lang for info:

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"Charles Darling Buck (19.55) gives the Slavic root as *tjudjI, from

Distrust anyone who thinks "Charles" is the same as "Carl." Sounds like
a megalocomparativist in the making.

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