On Fri, 15 Dec 2000 01:04:02 +0100, "Piotr Gasiorowski"
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gpiotr@...> wrote:
>No evidence exists to remedy the circularity of reconstructing the -k in asrk as *-gW.
Look at it this way: on the one hand, we have a Vedic word with an
inexplicable suffix -K, a Latin word without etymology, and a handful
of clearly re-made paradigms (Hitt. <eshanas> should be PD *<ashanas>,
etc.). On the other hand, we have a solution for all three problems.
Is there another explanation for -k in <ásrk>? Is there another
etymology for <sanguis> (I mean a credible one, not "sink")? Are
r/n-heteroclitics not supposed to be PD?
Historical linguistics is all about circularities --mutually
reinforcing, coherent ones--. Otherwise we just keep running in
circles.
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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