From: Joao S. Lopes <josimo70@...>
Analysing a set of Greek adjectives it's possible to detect many patterns: most of them fit into three groups:
1) zero-grade-root +-u : bradys, brakhys, platys, takhys, pakhys, drimys, thrasys, barys, elakhys, glykys etc, probably polys, he:dys
2) zero-grade-root +-ro: hygros, elaphros, pikros, mikros, makros, hadros (and maybe auste:ros, xe:ros, liparos) (cf. Latin scaber, glaber, vafer)
3) zero-grade-root +no : iskhnos, pyknos, kainos
This no- and ro- names must come from -n/r names. Many of the u-names in Latin gained i-augment: levis, brevis, gravis, suavis, pinguis.
JS Lopes
"names" ="nouns", right? No espanhol "nombre" quer dezir "noun"
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Enviadas: Quinta-feira, 10 de Julho de 2008 12:54:00
Assunto: [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
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