Re: [tied] The "Mother" Problem

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From: Rob

To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 10:06 AM

Subject: Re: [tied] The "Mother" Problem

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> >Aha.  So it's the same formant as is used in the deverbal
> >(collective?) adjectival formation in *-tó?  I also think that  
> >that form is related to the so-called 't-stems', e.g. Latin     
> >sacerdo:s, sacerdo:tis < *sakro-do:-t-s < *sak(?)-r-o-dexW-t-.  
> >Is that what you're saying, here, as well?
>
>   Yes.

I thought so.  However, how can that be reconciled with
the 'collective' (later passive) deverbal meaning in *-tó?  If there
was an active participle in *-t, how could an adjectival form based
on it acquire passivity?

Contextually. The plant grows. We grow plants. Bread feeds the masses. We feed the masses bread.

Patrick



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