Re: [tied] The demonstrative root [k]; etc

Piotr:

>*(h1)e- itself is a pronominal morpheme which combines quite freely
>with other such elements (e.g. Russian eto < *(h1)e-tod), so the
>analysis of <ekei(tHi)> (also <kei>, without the prothesis!) as
>*h1e-k^ei-(dHi) is justifiable.

Yes. It reminds me of Etruscan too with /ica/ and /ita/ which are
probably also formed along this same manner, independant of IE,
of course.

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>Piotr
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>
>----- Original Message -----
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>Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 10:34 AM
>Subject: [tied] The demonstrative root [k]; etc
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>(1) I suspect that the PIE demonstrative root [k-y] (Greek [ekei],
>[(e)keithi] = "there yonder", Anglo-Saxon "he:, he:o, hit", was
>actually [H1-k-y], since Greek has the prefixed vowel.

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