Re: [tied] Slavic *melko- (was: An example)

--- Richard Wordingham <richard@...>
wrote:

> Interestingly, Sanskrit seems
> to show a variant based on root _marg_ (e.g.
> _nirma:rga_ wiping away
> from verbal _nir_-mr.j, so perhaps the evidence for
> a Germanic (not
> German) loan is not so strong.

In this case I think nirma:rga- is analogical based
on variants like tyaj-/tya:ga- ("forsake"/"desertion")
created from *tyeg-/tyogo- with g>j before front being
generalized in the verb.



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