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

A good point; I didn't think of ade:n. Plus, Latin re:n- 'kidney' may be from metathesised *negWH-r-o- > *regWH-n-o-

> *re:no- converted into a consonantal stem by nalogy to lie:n 'spleen',

which also accounts for the variant rie:n (Anttila 1972). Yes, it seems there are good arguments for divorcing *ngWen- 'gland, (swelling in the) groin' from *negWHr- 'kidney'.

Piotr

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From: Glen Gordon

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Subject: 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.