... should ... shift, ... now ... úpa). ... The alternative explanation is that it is a Nordwestblock loan, with unchanged /p/. I think it's striking how a...
... Right. So they are the same root in origin? ... Okay. I agree that, at an "early" time, IE's ancestor was mostly or entirely isolating in nature. ... I...
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On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 01:03:36 +0100, Miguel Carrasquer ... Kluge's law. I knew I was having a black-out. ======================= Miguel Carrasquer Vidal ...
... there ... based ... Via neutrality? In isolating languages, the same syntax can be used for active and passive 'participles', e.g. in Thai _phuu phat_,...
... there ... based ... What comes from a maker is made; what comes from a baker is baked. There's nothing to it. I do not see any basis for the assessment of ...
... I also forgot to mention something. What do you (and others) think of the possibility that the 3sg verbal inflection is in fact an agent-noun formation of...
... From: Rob<mailto:magwich78@...> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com<mailto:cybalist@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 9:16 AM Subject: Re:...
... From: Rob<mailto:magwich78@...> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com<mailto:cybalist@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 10:06 AM Subject: Re:...
... So, then, the origin of the 3sg verb ending is not a demonstrative, as some people think, but rather a nomen agentis? For example, *bhert originally meant...
I've been reading Illich-Svitych's "Imennaja akcentuacija v baltijskom i slavjanskom", something which I obviously should have done long ago, but it's never...
... for "night", ... the ... vocalism. ... be ... to ... (p. ... known ... German ... uz ... this ... evening' ... that ... not 'night', ... meant ... ...
... This usage reminds me (greatly) of the Hittite particles that often open sentences, such as nu- &c. Are we seeing an ancient tendency here? ... Perhaps,...
... I use it all the time. Specifically, I have attributed the rise of vrddhi in collectives to the old accent opposition which apparently in some cases is so...
... Wouldn't the former have been *tax in (Pre-)IE? Where do you think the o-vocalism of *to came from? ... What do you mean? That would mean "wood-carrying...
... The Attic Greek form is actually hésperos. Some other Ancient Greek dialects had wésperos. Could the Lithuanian word reflect earlier *vaskaras? The...
On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 13:05:43 +0000, elmeras2000 ... Yes, I saw you attributing that to me in a recent posting. But I am almost sure I got that idea from you. ...
... *To was a demonstrative/deictic pronoun. *Nu also had deictic force, but does not seem to have modified nouns. Rather, it had a more temporal meaning. ...
... From: Rob<mailto:magwich78@...> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com<mailto:cybalist@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 9:22 AM Subject: Re:...
On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 15:36:49 +0000, Rob ... There's also Armenian gis^er "night" (o-stem ~ a:-stem) which must come from something like *weik^wer-os/ah2 (the ...
... Why, then, don't we see Attic Greek *heîsperos? ... Where does the aspiration in the Greek form come from? Also, IE was presumably SOV at the time of its...
And how PGermanic *westa- fits into it? *westa- < *wi-kW-sto- ? ... From: Rob To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 1:45 PM Subject:...
... Greek ... lead ... dialect? ... Why we:k- isn't suggested? weik- makes some mess, it would be reflected as vaik-, veik-, vy~k- or viek- in Lith. and...