Re: [tied] Diminutive Formation

--- Sean Whalen <stlatos@...> wrote:

> *xWoinós 'alone > only, one, etc.' >>
> *xWoikós 'all alone, etc.'
>
> *kón-x-mós 'bent part (of the leg)' >>
> *kón-x-kós 'little bent thing > spiral shell'

etc.; also:

*xYelxYó:n. 'stag'
*xYel-xY-n.ós gen.
*xYel-xY-kós 'small deer species'

> There was also metathesis if a sonorant followed
> an
> obstruent (not only when adding dim.).
>
> *pYu-tós 'short one' >>
> *pYut-Lós 'short/small/young (one)' >>
> *pYuLt-Lós 'little small one, very small' or
> *pYuLt-kós
>
> *bYhud-nós 'bottom' >>
> *bYhùnd-n.óf 'burial'

*dhubY-n.ós 'deep'
*dhumbY-Lós 'deep place (watery)'





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