Re: [tied] gwen etymology

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 4921
Date: 2000-12-03

I believe he means the expected "Lindeman form" *gana: < *g@...:h2.
The treatment of the nasal is the same as the treatment of other sonorants in *k^(u)wo:n, *d(u)wo:, *d(i)je:us, etc.
 
Piotr
 
 
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
To: cybalist@egroups.com
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2000 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] gwen etymology


I believe the form is written <gna:> ("Goetterweib; divine woman").
Pokorny remarks: "zum Teil zweisilbig *g(a)na:", with asterisk, which
I take to mean that sometimes the word occurs where the Vedic metre
requires two syllables (I'm not versed enough in Vedic metres to know
why it should be *ga-na: and not *g-na-a).