Re: Negation

From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 61846
Date: 2008-12-03

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From: "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 11:26 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Negation


>
> On 2008-12-02 21:22, Arnaud Fournet wrote:
>
>> Apparently, Pokorny's Dictionary does not accept any connection between
>> Greek ou-k(h) and Latin au-d.
>>
>> What are the received analysis of these two words ?
>
> As for Gk. ouk(í), we have the famous etymology proposed by Warren
> Cowgill, *ne h2oju kWíd 'not in/on (your) life-EMPH' --> 'not ever, not
> at all', with the original negative particle *ne dropped and the
> emphatic part becoming *ojukí > oukí by regular sound change (with the
> further reduced weak forms <ouk> and <ou>).
>
> Excuse a silly question, but what Lat. aud do you mean? <haud>?
>
> Piotr
>
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ne oukwi can become n- ouki ?
kwi > ki instead of pi ?
I'm surprised.

(h)aud is "not"
I thought the h was just a graphic adornment.

A.