Re: [tied] Re: Hittite preterites

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 21314
Date: 2003-04-27

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> So it's a perfectly acceptable root with a good pedigree, and the causative *kwoy(w)-eyo would mean "cause to be in order" = "organise" = "create, make, do"

It's most famous derivative is Gk. poi[*w]eo: 'make, create', hence <poet>, <poem>, etc.

Piotr