Re: [tied] leopard

From: João Simões Lopes Filho
Message: 4886
Date: 2000-11-27

But I think "zd" after consonants like n or r gives "d" *nzd > *nd
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From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal <mcv@...>
To: <cybalist@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] leopard


> On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 03:10:45 -0200, João Simões Lopes Filho
> <jodan99@...> wrote:
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> >And if Greek pardos < *przdos < *prs- ?
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> Well, *sd (*zd) should have given <z> in Attic Greek (cf. PIE *osdos
> (*ozdos) "branch", Attic <ozos>), so we would expect +<parzo->.
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> Besides, *przdos is not dignified enough for any cat, looking as it
> does like a cross between the two PIE roots for "fart": *perd- (the
> loud variety) and *pezd- (the soft but pestilent variety).
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