Re: [tied] gwen etymology

I believe he means the expected "Lindeman form" *gana: < *g@...:h2.

The treatment of the nasal is the same as the treatment of other sonorants in *k^(u)wo:n, *d(u)wo:, *d(i)je:us, etc.

Piotr

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From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal

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Subject: Re: [tied] gwen etymology

I believe the form is written <gna:> ("Goetterweib; divine woman"). Pokorny remarks: "zum Teil zweisilbig *g(a)na:", with asterisk, which I take to mean that sometimes the word occurs where the Vedic metre requires two syllables (I'm not versed enough in Vedic metres to know why it should be *ga-na: and not *g-na-a).