Re: [tied] Old Bulgarian izU

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From: Sergejus Tarasovas

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Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 1:18 PM

Subject: Re: [tied] Old Bulgarian izU

--- In cybalist@......, "Sergejus Tarasovas" <S.Tarasovas@......> wrote:
> Some authors state that Proto-Slavic *I- could in some cases continue
> PIE *e- (word-initially). I'll try provide some details this evening.

[ST]
Oleg Trubachev defends this point of view giving Proto-Slavic *jImo,  'take':  Latin emo: 'buy<take' as an exmple (quite ambiguous, IMHO; I can't imagine how a linguist of his class could have come to that). 

[PCR]

Two questions.

If Proto-Slavic *jImo is so unlikely, could you explain why it is?

 

And how, then, would you explain the i in Old Bulgarian jimo,?

 

Thanks to both you and Piotr for your attention to these questions.

 

 

 

Pat

 

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