From: Rick McCallister
Message: 54421
Date: 2008-03-01
> Through words like *min, 'tongue'; [mi] is present____________________________________________________________________________________
> in words for 'tongue'
> around the world.
>
> Patrick
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick McCallister" <gabaroo6958@...>
> To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 3:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [tied] Basque, Etruscan and Common
> Sound Changes (was: Finnish
> KASKA)
>
>
> > Trask's proto-Basque had no /m/.
> > Aquitananian had no /m/.
> > So, you must be talking about a pre-proto-Basque.
> > So, how did you reconstruct an /m/ for
> > pre-proto-Basque, given that proto-Basque had no
> /m/?
> >
> >
> > --- Patrick Ryan <proto-language@...> wrote:
> >
> > . . .
> > > >
> > > > > ardi "sheep" + min "tongue" (< *bini) =>
> art-bin
> > > =>
> > > > > arpin
> > > > > "plantain"
> > > >
> > > > No /m/ in Proto-Basque. Doubters, are you
> paying
> > > > attention?
> > >
> > > ***
> > >
> > > Yes, this was probably my greatest source of
> > > disagreement with Trask.
> > >
> > > I continue to believe that earliest Basque had
> [m].
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Patrick
> > >
> > > ***
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > >
> > > > > If you have any other questions about
> Basque,
> > > don't
> > > > > hesitate
> > > > > to ask.
> > > > >
> > > > > =======================
> > > > > Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> > > > > miguelc@...
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