Re: [tied] Re: PIE grammar (5) -- I wish it were simpler

On Mon, 07 May 2001 15:01:17 -0000, "Piotr Gasiorowski"
<gpiotr@...> wrote:

>Perhaps -mini: can be somehow derived from verb endings. Admittedly,
>Szemerényis idea that -mini: < *-m(e)ni: < *-b(e)ni: < *-dHw-en-o-i
>looks a little over the top, but I can't think of anything more
>compelling myself.

I do not doubt that Szemerényi's on the right track. Maybe we can
start from *-dhwom, as in Skt. -dhvam, secondarily extended with *-oi.
*-dhwomoi > *-b@...: > (*-mimi: >) *-mini:.

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