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

From: Glen Gordon
Message: 28340
Date: 2003-12-11

Miguel:
>The damage was minimized by the irregular development of the 2pl. nom.
>(*�sW instead of **s�sW, also *usm� ~ *wos instead of *sWsm� [= Hitt. smas,
>Av. xs^ma] ~ **sWos), and the semantic development of the 3rd. p. pronoun
>into a reflexive (except in Hittite), with only oblique forms.

It's as if you merge the definition of "Pre-IE" and "IE" together in a
chaotic mess.
Your **sWsme is surely a Pre-IE reconstruction and yet you claim Hittite and
Avestan derives from it.

I'm sorry -- Does not compute.

There has to be an IE reconstruction relating to Hittite you have in mind
since
Hittite is an Indo-European language. We know **sWsme isn't a valid IE
reconstruction -- there is no **sW and consonant clustering of sibilants
like that
sort just doesn't happen.

So nothing so far makes sense. You treat Hittite as if it were from some far
away Pre-IE stage and not IE. So with that, I can't even begin to follow
what
you're saying. And nothing disqualifies the view that the unexpected forms
that seem to indicate *sw- might be nothing more than derivatives of *swe.


= gLeN

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