PIE words for sexual organs

[Sean Crist]

On Sun, 19 Dec 1999, petegray wrote:

> The overlap need not be a surprise.   Even in English (at least some
> dialects) this can happen.   Some women of my acquaintance refer to "front
> bottom" and "back bottom", as if bottom meant both vulva and anus.

Another case in point: the word _fanny_ means "buttocks" in American
English but "vulva" in British English.

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