Re: Proper methodology (was: RE: [tied] Re: Mother of all IE langua

Miguel:

>*eg^(h)-o-m of course occurs in IE. To the best of my knowledge, it has
>nothing to with anything in Chukchi or Afro-Asiatic.

I concur wholeheartedly.

>In the singular, the possessive endings -m and -t have been added to an
>element G-. I don't have extensive information on Chukchi, so I have no
>idea where that element comes from. Perhaps it canm be associated with
>the element t-/tx- that is found in the Aleut personal pronouns 1. t-ing,
>2.
>tx-in.

I would think so too. As I've said before, the idea that *egom is from a
thematic verb *eg- meaning to be here (*e + *-g(e)- [emphatic]) would
mirror very well what we find in Inuktitut, Aleutian and even Chukchi. Or in
AA for that matter. Yet since the different languages all use different
demonstrative elements, this can't be due to inheritance. I know Bomhard
has tried -- It didn't work out.


= gLeN

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