Re: [tied] primary endings

From: tgpedersen
Message: 37912
Date: 2005-05-18

> >
> > Verbal *-s, *-t, has the same ultimate origin as *so and
*to.
> *so is clan-member; *to is tribe-member.
>
> Where did you get that from?
>
> ***
> Patrick writes:
> The primary source for this meaning for *so(:) is the listings
under *som-os in Pokornt.
>
> The primary source for *to(:) is the listings under Pokorny's
*2. teu-.
> ***
>

I can't see how you can get a deictic function out of the semantics
of "clan-member" and "tribe-member".

>
> > Good thought, Torgen
>
> Thank you, Nyra
>
> ***
> Patrick writes:
>
> Who is Nyra?
> ***

Who is Torgen?

Torsten