On Tue, 12 Dec 2000 19:43:38 -0200, João Simões Lopes Filho
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jodan99@...> wrote:
>marcus "hammer; big hammer" < *mart-icos <? *kmar-t-ikos, cognate of
>Marcellus, martellus. Maybe the words with -l are a dissimilation of m-n >
>m-l.
The -l/-n- stems (e.g. *sáh2wl, G. *sh2wén(o)s "sun") are a mystery to
me. All I can think of, but I haven't been able to convince myself,
is something like:
N. *sáh2w[@]lr > *sáh2w[@]ll > *sáh2wl
G. *s[@]h2wéln[@]s > *s[@]h2wénn[@]s > *sh2wéns
with /lr/ > /ll/ > /l/ and /ln/ > /nn/ > /n/.
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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