Re: [tied] Re: Satem shift

From: petegray
Message: 8275
Date: 2001-08-03

> Alas, I'm out of my mind.
> ..if I find [centum branch] roots differing by -k-/-s- in the etymological
> dictionaries I get suspicious.

Then you should check the satem branch forms of those roots, and see if they
show an original *k or *k', and an original *s.

In the case of the two roots you suggested, I can find neither, except for
the obvious example that Piotr mentioned, which you clearly cannot mean.

Peter