Re: *kant-/*kunt-, harbor, hide and hunt

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Arnaud Fournet" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:

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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
> To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> >> >
> >> > What is un-indo-european about these hydronyms ?
> >>
> >> The a/u/i alternation.
> >> -u- should have had ablaut forms -eu-, -ou-.
> >> -i- should have had ablaut forms -ei-, -oi-.
> >>
> >> ======
> >>
> >> LAtin is not Indo-European ?
> >
> >> A.
> >>
> > Latin has a/u/i alternation/ablaut?
> > Please explain.
> >
> > Torsten
> >
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> Latin does not have this :
> >> -u- should have had ablaut forms -eu-, -ou-.
> >> -i- should have had ablaut forms -ei-, -oi-.
>
> And as far as a/u/i is concerned :
> *deik "to show" *deuk "to lead" and Greek dak-tylos "finger" are
> only one root.
>
> A.
>

Even if that were one root, it would be in a minority of roots having
that ablaut pattern in PIE, and therefore suspected of being a
substrate loan.


Torsten