Re: [tied] All of creation in Six and Seven

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...>
wrote:

>
>
> Torsten:
> >Since there's no feminine in Anatolian, by your own reasoning the
> >Semitic influence must have bypassed Anatolia and gone directly to
> >the 'other IE' branch north of the Black Sea. Seems you killed your
> >own bird too.
>
> No, Torsten. Anatolian never developped the feminine like the other
> branches because it took its own path during a slightly more archaic
> point in IE.
>

That's right. Before "the other IE" was influenced by Semitic.

> Simply put, Anatolian went on its own path _before_ the feminine
> developped from what was at that specific moment a collective
> suffix. Anatolian does show the collective suffix however. The
> other branches lingered on together, developping the feminine.
>
> So, while in Anatolian we see *-ix being a collective suffix, it is

a

> feminine in other branches. Both *-ix and *-ax were collectives
> that later became feminines because they both ended in *-x,
> the collective suffix. Very simple to follow unless your name's
> Torsten. Maybe if you take off your shades you'll be able to
> read better.
>

quote (by you):
Well, there is a clear enough link between the IE feminine in *-ax
and the
collective, imho, just like it coincidently seems to be in Semitic
(areal
influence?)

Obviously that area does not include Anatolia.

Torsten