Re: Finnish KASKI

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:21:07 +0100, "fournet.arnaud"
<fournet.arnaud@...> wrote:

>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: jouppe
>
>> =========
>> the issue is more that Jouppe should explain how
>> kud, kwa, kë, kwala
>> derive from *kud reconstructoid.

I thought *kud was _your_ reconstructoid.

The reconstruction given by Sammallahti is *kota.

>> Arnaud
>> =============
>
>*kota + apocope, spirantisation of plosive, spirant d becoming l (or
>v>w in labial environment), all very common stuff, moving towards
>shorter forms and more sonority, as usually in languages, also in
>particular in French language history.
>
>The opposite: spirant d > t and monosyllabics CVC becoming disyllabic
>CVCV are on the contrary abnormal.
>
>I made the second point a couple of times already (see below). The
>first should be obvious on this forum. I will not go into
>trivialities once more.
>
>Jouppe
>>
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>We're not discussing general truths.
>and French even less.
>
>The questions are :
>
>Why did Permic lose the final consonant
>when it did not in some other words
>of the same language ?

Because Permic lost the intervocalic stop (*kota > *kua).

>Why should -d- become -l-
>when it did not in some other words
>of the same language ?

I don't think there is any d > l here.

>Why should u become wa
>when it did not in some other words
>of the same language ?

Because /wa/ regularly reflects *-o(t)a.

>This is where the issue is.

In the future, I would advise you to conclude your postings
right here after giving all your arguments.

It would be better for all if you just mumbled your ad
hominems quietly to yourself.

>You little shameless cheater !
>
>Arnaud
>
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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