Re: [tied] Re: Dissimilation of gW/kWVw to gVw/kVw

On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 08:45:59 +0100, P&G
<G&P@...> wrote:

>
>> No, *-(i)ko is not borrowed because it's the diminutive
>> suffix.
>
>Languages borrow diminutive suffixes. Look at English! Superette,
>kitchenette, etc.

English doesn't have a diminutive suffix, so it has to
improvise with ad-hoc solutions. You cannot say man-ette,
woman-ette, cat-ette or foot-ette...

None of these restrictions apply to PIE *-iko-, which was
clearly a native suffix.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@...