Re: [tied] Re: About the etymology of *nepo:t- "nephew/grandson"

From: Glen Gordon
Message: 5524
Date: 2001-01-15

>This compound was lexicalized early, and we shouldn't expect it to
>behave like other privative compounds. Judging by Ved. <n�pa:t>,
>it's either a PD of the type *n�po:ts, *n.p�tos, or (more likely) a
>static noun *n�po:ts, *n�pt(o)s.

Please, Miguel. For once. For me. Hear reason. Your interpretation of this
root is impossible.

- gLeN

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