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		<title>By: Petellius</title>
		<link>http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2013/01/11/word-of-the-day-dust-2/comment-page-1/#comment-86715</link>
		<dc:creator>Petellius</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2013 22:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe you meant that Grimm&#039;s law relates proto-Indo-European dh to Germanic d?  The root under discussion is PIE *dheu-/*dhu-.

Also, the &quot;m&quot; in &quot;thumos&quot; is not part of the root, it comes from the suffix that is used for this particular (Greek) noun-form: PIE *dhu-mos.  So it shouldn&#039;t exist in the English, which doesn&#039;t adopt the form with the *mos suffix.  Note that Greek forms from the same root which do not use this suffix don&#039;t have a medial nasal: e.g., the verb thew (&quot;to run&quot;).  Same with, e.g., English &quot;dew.&quot;

OED traces &quot;dust&quot; back to OE dust &lt; earlier *dunst, as you note.  Wiktionary goes back from there to Proto-Germanic *dunstiz, from the e-grade PIE root *dheu-.  Is the &quot;nstiz&quot; some sort of (Germanic) suffix?  I&#039;m unfamiliar with it.

By the way, I&#039;ve been greatly enjoying the philology posts.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I believe you meant that Grimm&#8217;s law relates proto-Indo-European dh to Germanic d?  The root under discussion is PIE *dheu-/*dhu-.</p>
<p>Also, the &#8220;m&#8221; in &#8220;thumos&#8221; is not part of the root, it comes from the suffix that is used for this particular (Greek) noun-form: PIE *dhu-mos.  So it shouldn&#8217;t exist in the English, which doesn&#8217;t adopt the form with the *mos suffix.  Note that Greek forms from the same root which do not use this suffix don&#8217;t have a medial nasal: e.g., the verb thew (&#8220;to run&#8221;).  Same with, e.g., English &#8220;dew.&#8221;</p>
<p>OED traces &#8220;dust&#8221; back to OE dust &lt; earlier *dunst, as you note.  Wiktionary goes back from there to Proto-Germanic *dunstiz, from the e-grade PIE root *dheu-.  Is the &quot;nstiz&quot; some sort of (Germanic) suffix?  I&#039;m unfamiliar with it.</p>
<p>By the way, I&#039;ve been greatly enjoying the philology posts.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael PS</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael PS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2013 10:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And Latin &quot;d&quot; and &quot;t&quot; becomes &quot;t&quot; and &quot;th&quot;

Dentes = teeth]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And Latin &#8220;d&#8221; and &#8220;t&#8221; becomes &#8220;t&#8221; and &#8220;th&#8221;</p>
<p>Dentes = teeth</p>
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