Re: [tied] More on the crummy sanguis/asrk connection

>I can't see in what way these two are supposed to be parallel. The
> >alternation *-(e)n-/*-r in *negWHr- is restricted to the word-final
> >element. But in your hypothetical **h1esh2-r-gW- we have a >stem-internal
>alternation, and **h1sh2-an-gW-en- contains an extra >*-en (in addition to
>the one that alternates with *-r-) not found in >inguen- (which is an
>uncontroversial zero-derivative of *ngWH-en-).

Oh-oh, Piotr. Which is it? I just said that my dictionary is telling me
*ngWe:n because of Greek /ade:n/... Talk to me.

>As for the derivation being obvious, that's certainly an exaggerated
> >claim. Truth to tell, what sanguis and *h1esh2r- tangibly share is >just
>the consonant *s. The rest is speculation. No evidence exists to >remedy
>the circularity of reconstructing the -k in asrk as *-gW. Even >in
>Sanskrit, the Gen. is asnas rather than *sangas(?) or whatever >else one
>might expect given the Latin "oblique stem". Hittite >preserves this
>"blood" word better than any other IE language, but >shows no trace of
>*-gW:

Perhaps, if Piotr says it, Miguel might come around. Miguel doesn't listen
to me >:(

- gLeN

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