Re: Vasco-Caucasian and the comparatine method [was: Stacking up on

From: Rick McCallister
Message: 69225
Date: 2012-04-03




From: Tavi <oalexandre@...>
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, April 2, 2012 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Vasco-Caucasian and the comparatine method [was: Stacking up on standard works]

 
--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:
>
> > But these aren't the only examples available, of course.
>
> Of course? Where are the others? Is their quality better?
>
Try these ones:

NEC *=Vdz´V 'to grow'
Basque hatz (Z), az (B) 'lineage, race', hazi (L, LN,Z), azi (B, G, HN, R) 'to grow; seed'
+  NEC *-nV '(past) gerund or participle'
Iberian adi-n 'mature, old' > Basque adin 'age'

NEC *be:nggwa 'rock, mountain; ravine'
Paleo-Basque *bendi (dentalization of the velar)
Basque mendi 'mountain'

***R, Trask already proved you wrong here

NEC *HaddzEm- 'to clean, clean' (prefix *Ha- + root *ddzEm-)
Paleo-Basque *sanu (*m > *n)
Basque xahu (L, LN), xa~hü (Z), xau (HN, Aezk, S, R), txau (HN, S), xagu (S), xai~ (R), xai~n (R) 'clean, pure'

NEC *middzV 'sweet'
Paleo-Basque *es- (loss of initial nasal)
Basque ez-ko (G, HN, L, Z) 'wax', ez-ti 'honey', (HN, L, LN, Z) 'mild, soft', (B, Bazt, R) 'sweet'
****R
As I remember, Miguel Carrasquer Vidal related this to an IE root. Also, isn't the Basque word for "bee" erle?, so it would more likely  be derived from "bee"

NEC *tts'w@:nHe: 'reed, cane'
Paleo-Basque *(s)ini
Basque zii (B), zi (B), ihi (L, LN), i~hi~ (Z), ii (B, G), i (B,*A,HN) 'reed, rush'

NEC *tS'VmX\V 'span'
Paleo-Basque *sene (*m > *n)
Basque zehe (L, LN, Z), zee (Bazt) 'palm (measure)', (B) 'line'

***R 
The basic problem is that while you're a good soloist, to master the comparative method, you have to be a conductor. You need to line your sound correspondences in a row, instead of just presenting mass comparatives