Re: [tied] Re: -leben/-lev/-löv and -ung-

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From: tgpedersen

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Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 12:33 PM

Subject: [Courrier indésirable] [tied] Re: -leben/-lev/-löv and -ung-

<<<By assuming that *was-, *wos- was not a Germanic root but
belonged to a substrate that was common to the present Germanic-
speaking and French-speaking areas, and that *wos- therefore was
loaned into French early enough that it was subject to the rules /o/
> /ö/, cf. Latin <coda> > French <queue>.

That's a lot of speculation. ..
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A.F

Why should this root *was *wos not be PIE *H_w_-s "empty, waste, vain" ?

I really cannot see why it should be a substrate !?

And the most obvious substrate for French is Gaulish : *wos > vas-

as is vassal from wo-sta-los < upo-sta-los.

Torsten : you are not helping your "vasconic" hypothesis with such data.

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