... Finn. /h/ is regular with Proto-Baltic loanwords to Proto-Finno-Ugric; see e.g. Finn. <hammas> 'tooth' from PB *z^ambas (Lith. <z^âmbas> 'edge', but Grk....
... It had to antedate Grimm's shift. For me to be convinced that such a formation, with genitival /s/ between two consonants in the middle of a compound,...
... Erh, what is the time depth in question? My idea is that the whole *tout-/tu:t-s-k^ant-/-k^unt- thing is a loan anyway and that that form is not...
... At the time-depth in question, would we not expect the first element of such a compound to exhibit the stem-form, as in Alamanni, Alaric, Teutorix, etc.?...
I didn't know where to cut up this article, so I post it all. The point is to show that the archaeological facts do not contradict a scenario in which Denmark...
... *tout-/tu:t-s-k^ant-/-k^unt- (metathesis in Lith. tukst- ?) in which *tout-/tu:t-s is genitive of *tout-/tu:t- "all; totality" and ka^nt-/k^unt- is my...
... I thought that sounded familiar. Jorma Koivulehto THE EARLIEST CONTACTS BETWEEN INDO-EUROPEAN AND URALIC SPEAKERS IN THE LIGHT OF LEXICAL LOANS in Early...
... C. C. Uhlenbeck, PBB 22:189 (1897): "... 4. <Galga>. Auffällig anklingend an got. <galga> (urverwant mit lit. <z^algà>, armen. <dzak> 'stange') ist...
... Probably from Gothic, possibly through Ossetic intermediacy. If I had my references handy I could cite several examples of such loanwords into Caucasian...
... Neither "evolutionist" nor "creationist" ideas are relevant to Cybalist discussions. As an aside: I'm not sure what you understand by "evolutionist...
It would help if Piotr would also declare that cybalist moderators are against evolutionist nonsense as much as against creationist nonsense .There are forms...
... Just like this. Watch my mouth: "It has nothing to do with it". Just like the Big Bang has nothing to do with it, or the origin of life on Earth. ... I...
... I wonder myself if you can talk about something ? I never see you talking about something here........ Outside a simple ideologistic propaganda similar...
... How you can say 'The Origin of the Language' has nothing to do with PIE??????????? ... IS NOT A NON-SENSE --- till you cannot show how LIFE can appear from...
... [edit] ... That last part might have had more impact if you'd typed it all in caps, and it's very simple to do: you just press down the 'caps lock' key on...
... Yes, it is. I absolutely uphold Brian's ruling in this case. The origin of language is an interesting topic but it has nothing to do with IE linguistics....
... I ASK ALL THE OTHERS MODERATORS TO CHECK AGAIN IF "THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE" IS A DISCOURAED TOPIC! THE LANGUAGE COULD APPEARS AS RECENT AS 40,000 Years ago...
I think name Diegis can be related to Lithuanianian word DIEGTI, meaning TO IMPLANT, TO TWINGE. Aigius ... wrote: [...] ... [Excess quoted matter deleted....
... Tacitus, Germania, 44 http://www.northvegr.org/lore/tacitus/005.php 'Beyond the Lygians dwell the Gothones, under the rule of a King; and thence held in...
Tacitus, Germania, 44 'Beyond the Lygians dwell the Gothones, under the rule of a King; and thence held in subjection somewhat stricter than the other German...
... wrote: [...] ... This is blatantly both off-topic and irrelevant. And as David has pointed out, the origin of language is a discouraged topic. Since the...