Re: [tied] o/e or reduplication

On Tue, 25 May 2004 22:27:40 +0000, elmeras2000
<jer@...> wrote:

>I have never seen anything to support an idea of "gun.ation" of the
>singular. What would be the motive or even the model for such a
>thing?

The reduplicated present of course.

>> Would a locative *udén(i)/*wedén(i) have given widá(:)n in
>> Hittite? According to Melchert, it would. But so would
>> *wedénas (-> *witanas).
>
>As I understand it the process demands a closed syllable.

Ah yes, I overlooked that. But since the attested form is
weteni, it doesn't matter. -énC/-én# does not occur in the
paradigm.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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