PIE words for sexual organs

Rick Mc Callister rmccalli at sunmuw1.MUW.Edu
Wed Jan 12 04:58:14 UTC 2000


	Is this ultimately based on an expressive/onomatopeic form similar
to the English expressive pu, pew, Spanish expressive puchi, uuf, puaf,
Italian expressive puzzi, etc.?
	Are these expressive forms pretty universal?

[snip]

>*pu:to-s, I think it is relatively certain that its
>basal meaning is 'source or site of strong fragrance' (as attested by
>*pu:ti-, 'rot'), a concept broad enough to include both cunnus and podex
>olfactorily.

[snip]

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



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