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> (teliyaka aDugutAnu, "lose" lUz ela ayyindi? Is there another word that
> gives a "oo" sound to a single "o"?)
>
>From American Heritage Dictionary, 3rd edition, appendix on
Indo_european roots:
"Lose" (pronounced "lUz") and "loose" (pronounced "lUs") both
come from the Indo-European root (dhaatuvu) "leu" meaning "to
loosen, divide, cut apart". "leu" is pronounced "lU" so that
probably explains the similarity of pronounciation.
The evolution looks like:
leu (IE) --> lausaz (Germanic) --> lauss, louss (Old Norse) -->loose
--> los (old English) --> lose
I looked up some words with "normal" "o" sounds ("close", "rose",
"pose"). They are all from Latin roots. Latin is from the Italic
subfamily, whereas Old Norse and Old English are from the Germanic
subfamily.
My personal views.
Bapa Rao