indoeuropean/hand

Rick Mc Callister rmccalli at sunmuw1.MUW.Edu
Tue Jun 22 19:53:16 UTC 1999


Are there any etymologies out there for <manus> & <hand>?
Also, any ideas why manus is feminine?

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>Other languages have replaced [*ghes-r]
>apparently oldest word for "hand", to wit Latin manus, Gothic handus,

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Rick Mc Callister
W-1634
Mississippi University for Women
Columbus MS 39701



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