Re: g^H: an older suffix in PIE adjectives?

From: Rick McCallister
Message: 59515
Date: 2008-07-10



----- Original Message ----
From: Joao S. Lopes <josimo70@...>
To: Cybalist <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 10:54:00 AM
Subject: [tied] g^H: an older suffix in PIE adjectives?

There's a lot of PIE adjectives ending in -g^Hu. Is this a relict of a "fossil" suffix?

mrg^Hu- "short", bHng^Hu- "thick, fat", dHngHu- "fast?", dHrgHu- "strong? hard?", h2ng^Hu- "narrow", lng(W)Hu- "light" (cf. levis, elakhys, elaphros, light, if they are related).

JS Lopes

Adjective/modifier marker?

Doesn't *merg- mean "dive, go down"? If so, then *mrg-g^Hu- "below, short"?

What are the "non-suffixed" counterparts for the others?

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