On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:57:09 -0000, "alexandru_mg3"
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alexandru_mg3@...> wrote:
>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
><miguelc@...> wrote:
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>> If Skt. ra:man "peace, quiet" is from *romen-, that would
>> also indicate an anit.-root: in a set.-root *romHen- the
>> /o/, in a closed syllable, would have been short.
>>
>>
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>But Skt. ra:man is not <<an o-grade *h1rom-en-
>and even is not ended, at all, with -en>>
You're absolutely right. There is no Skt. ra:man.
The Skt. form is an o-stem (or o/a:-adjective), from
*h1rom-o-, giving ra:ma-, as expected.
There is an Avestan ra:man-, from another root (*h1reH-men-,
Pokorny er(@)-). The form is incorrectly cited by Pokorny
under *rem(@)- (= *h1rem-), cf. Lubotsky's "Indo-Aryan
inherited lexicon". It's possible (especially if *h1reH- is
*hreh2-), that the two roots are ultinately related, like
*gWeh2- and *gWem-.
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
miguelc@...