Re: Ligurian

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "dgkilday57" <dgkilday57@...> wrote:

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> Possibly Lep. <tetu> (Prestino) can be similarly analyzed as a reduplicated root-perfect *de-deh3-w (Skt. <dada:u> 'has given'). Narbonese Gaulish has <dede> which can hardly be the exact morphological equivalent.
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Actually, it can be (helped by the eq. of karnitou Gl; karite Lep; with -e\u vs -u\e). If the perf. root * dHedHoxY+ opt. > * dHedHexY+ (as in téthe:ka), either by an opt. change of o by xY or by analogy from the other forms (pres., imperf.), then in Celtic:


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dHedHoxY+ dHedHexY+

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dHedHoxYe dHedHexYe
dHedHo_e dHedHe_e
dHedHo:e dHedHe:e
dHedHo:e dHedHe
dHedHo: dHedHe
dHedHu: dHedHe


with no -w- needed since o: > u: in Celtic (there's no ev. for added -w- in dada:u anyway, since it's from * d*ed*oxW+ , when xW>w is common, and final -oxW might have developed opt. -oxw#V (or -oxW#x>xW>w if there were no(t many) words with V- at that stage) or final -o: might have developed opt. -o:#wV in sandhi anyway).