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For the uninitiated: That's highly speculative

for reference

cold https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Eur...

call, cry, (yell?) https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Eur...

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/child from PIE g(')elt- (“womb”)

from Proto-Indo-European gel- (“to ball up, amass”). according to the PGmc page https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic...

but

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dolphin

says from δελφύς (delphús, “womb”), which says from

From Proto-Indo-European gʷelbʰ- (“womb”)

I'd offer German "Quälgeister" as modified reflex of the latter. Also "Quell" is synonym for off-spring. Well, spring is a direct translation of "Quelle", i.e. source. Coincidence? Cry fits in, too.

I do not believe the dolphin theory, though. I guess tail-fish is more likely. they have a penis after all, which is way funnier in general, perhaps to funny for low brow scribe type doctors. Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís) lends itself for φίς (phís) > fish. cf. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fin IMHO

any questions?




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