Re: Negation

On 2008-12-08 16:02, Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

> On 2008-12-08 14:16, alexandru_mg3 wrote:
>
> > claw
> > O.E. clawu, from P.Gmc. *klawo, from PIE *g(e)l-eu- from base *gel-
> > "to make round, clench." The verb is from O.E. clawian.
> >
> > Where it enters in this schema?
>
> Why should it have anything to do with "this schema"?

However, talking of *kl-words, we have Germanic *klaiw-a- ( Ger. Klee)
versus *klaiB-r-o:n- (OE kla:fre > Mod.E clover), a possible example of
*-wr- > *-Br- in early Germanic. Perhaps Liberman's etymology of <ever>
could be saved if one didn't insist on the late creation of the word. Of
course the fact that hypothetical *aiw-izan- (or the like) does not seem
to be attested outside English remains a difficulty.

Piotr