... The fundamental vocalism of this adjective is long, *h1wé:su-, and *h1wésu- is already the weak counterpart thereof. Any further reduction is only...
45628
Joao S. Lopes
josimo70
Aug 3, 2006 10:35 pm
Reduced form of *h1wesu- would be *h1usu-, wouldn't it? ... I wouldn't say so. It's quite imaginable that *h1wesu- was reduced to *h1su- (and even further to...
45627
Piotr Gasiorowski
caraculiambro
Aug 3, 2006 9:10 pm
... I wouldn't say so. It's quite imaginable that *h1wesu- was reduced to *h1su- (and even further to *su- in some positions). It would hardly be economic to...
45626
Piotr Gasiorowski
caraculiambro
Aug 3, 2006 8:37 pm
... -k^-, to form -s^- and -s-, respectively ... What refutes your suggestion is rather the fact that there's no *s^ : *s alternation before the thematic vowel...
45625
tgpedersen
Aug 3, 2006 6:34 pm
... I stand instructed. So, let me see if I got this straight: The causative suffix *-ejo-/*-eje- assumes the special form *-jo-/*-i:-, of which the first has...
45624
Joao S. Lopes
josimo70
Aug 3, 2006 4:18 pm
So, would this alternation point to *h1Wesu-/h1Wsu- ? ... Or, to be more precise, *h1sú- and *h1wésu-. It could, though there are no unambiguous traces of...
45623
Piotr Gasiorowski
caraculiambro
Aug 3, 2006 4:01 pm
... The ablaut vowel _never_ becomes Slavic *i (normally reflecting older *i: or *ei). Cf. the *bHéreti pattern (Slavic *beroN, *beretI; *pekoN, pec^etI). The...
45622
Piotr Gasiorowski
caraculiambro
Aug 3, 2006 3:59 pm
... Or, to be more precise, *h1sú- and *h1wésu-. It could, though there are no unambiguous traces of the expected digamma. In a few words Greek seems to have...
45621
tgpedersen
Aug 3, 2006 3:22 pm
... Now suppose I claim PPIE 1 sg *prakam 3 sg *prakat -> PIE *prokõ *proc^it (with ablaut vowel -> i) -> *pros^õ *prosit How should that be refuted then? ...
45620
Piotr Gasiorowski
caraculiambro
Aug 3, 2006 2:56 pm
... The so-called "nati" rule in Sanskrit makes any /n/ retroflex if preceded by /r/ (also syllabic /r./) or /s./. The rule is non-local, which means that it...
45619
Piotr Gasiorowski
caraculiambro
Aug 3, 2006 2:56 pm
... Oops! It's a case of grammatical transfer my native Polish (<woz.a,>, <nosza,>). I wonder which variant is older within Slavic (neither is the direct...
45618
Sergejus Tarasovas
sergejus_tar...
Aug 3, 2006 2:38 pm
... vozeNtU (< *-in-) ... proseNtU Sergei...
45617
Joao S. Lopes
josimo70
Aug 3, 2006 2:29 pm
Could Greek eu- good, be a merging of *h1esu- and *h1we:su- ? *h1wé:su (*h1wésw-) 'good'. feabhas, feobhas goodness, "betterness", Irish feabhus, Old Irish...
45616
Piotr Gasiorowski
caraculiambro
Aug 3, 2006 2:11 pm
... Yes. *s (of any origin) and *x (usually from *s in RUKI contexts) yield *s^ when followed by *j, and *z (from *g^(H)) yields *z^ in the same position. This...
45615
Joao S. Lopes
josimo70
Aug 3, 2006 2:10 pm
Greek eao:n < *wesawo- ? ... *h1wé:su (*h1wésw-) 'good'. Piotr ... Yahoo! Search Música para ver e ouvir: You're Beautiful, do James Blunt Greek eao:n <...
45614
Joao S. Lopes
josimo70
Aug 3, 2006 2:06 pm
Is there any explanation for why varn.a (caste) has this retroflex R ? Why not varna? Joao SL ... Você quer respostas para suas perguntas? Ou você sabe muito...
45613
tgpedersen
Aug 3, 2006 1:13 pm
... Labiovelar/velar and velar/palatal. That was my idea, but it seems to be a hard sell;-) It would explain the whole centum/satem split-up much easier. ... ...
45612
tgpedersen
Aug 3, 2006 1:11 pm
... But we were talking about *sj -> s^. Does it occur in the same rule? ... Torsten...
45611
Piotr Gasiorowski
caraculiambro
Aug 3, 2006 9:18 am
... *Da:dhi-bhagos "Give Fortune", Russ. daz^(I) cannot be derived directly from *doh3-dHi, but reflects the Slavic imperative *dadjI. The "regularly expected"...
45610
Joao S. Lopes
josimo70
Aug 3, 2006 12:40 am
Jaan Puhvel explained Solar Russian God Daz^bog < Daz^dIbogU < *Da:dhi-bhagos "Give Fortune", comparing it to Vedic epiclesis da:ta vasu 'giver of goods',...
45609
Piotr Gasiorowski
caraculiambro
Aug 2, 2006 10:35 pm
... The sequences *-rj-, *-lj-, *-nj-, *-Vj- remained unchanged in that paradigm (Leskien's 3rd conjugation); the contrast between *-r-je- and *-r-e- etc. is...
45608
Sean Whalen
stlatos
Aug 2, 2006 8:32 pm
r, syllabic r r. retroflex r R voiceless r T voiceless interdental fricative G voiced velar fricative I suspected the existence of a retroflex series of ...
45607
Rick McCallister
gabaroo6958
Aug 2, 2006 7:30 pm
Question: So if kentum/satem are built-in, does that presuppose an entire dichotomy of palatal/velar stops (and maybe others)? If so, would IE look closer to...
45606
tgpedersen
Aug 2, 2006 7:18 pm
... Does the -j- appear tangibly in any Slavic representative of that paradigm, or only as palatalization of the preceding consonant? ... And ditto? Torsten...
45605
Piotr Gasiorowski
caraculiambro
Aug 2, 2006 6:16 pm
... If you insist... The s ~ s^ alternation in Slavic (as in Russ. pisát' 'to write' : pís^et) results from the fact thet the verbs in this conjugation had ...
45604
cybalist@yahoogroups....
Aug 2, 2006 11:00 am
***HOW TO BEHAVE ON CYBALIST*** Moderatorial Recommendations and Rules of Proper Conduct The purpose of Cybalist is to popularise Indo-European studies and to...
45603
tgpedersen
Aug 2, 2006 8:37 am
I've propagated this idea before, I've added a few details now. Leaving the plain velars aside, which I think occur only in loans, PIE has palatal velars, /k^/...
45602
Alvin Ekmekciu
mbikqyres
Aug 1, 2006 8:43 pm
... be a ... Hello Abdullah, yes I had written that word in Greek letters. Do you see any relation to the other Albanian word <stridhë> 'oyster', Greek...
45601
Piotr Gasiorowski
caraculiambro
Aug 1, 2006 9:48 am
... The tenseless (non-reporting) "injunctive" form *bHer-e-t is all that we need as the pivot of the change. With the appropriate tense markers it becomes a...
45600
P&G
petegray
Aug 1, 2006 7:37 am
... I am sure that any problem is mine, or my confusion -- or else things have been so redefined that the sentence "the past is never unmarked" no longer ...
