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

From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
Message: 5534
Date: 2001-01-15

On Mon, 15 Jan 2001 19:55:10 +0100, "Piotr Gasiorowski"
<gpiotr@...> wrote:

>Good point. I'm sure you're right about *nefo:n- < reanalysed *nefo:(T)-s; the Proto-Germani could convert just about anything irregular into a weak noun (OE sunne, tunge, mo:na, steorre, etc.). Truth to tell, I think *nep(o)t- was probably unanalysable in PIE.

I'll agree with "*nep(o)t- was not analysable by the PIEans" (or we
would have had *n.pot[i]-).

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