Re: [tied] IE numbers

On Wed, 17 Oct 2001 23:34:09, "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...>
wrote:

>
>Miguel:
>>> You must be aware that *yekWr ends in *-r and that there
>>> is no basis for *-t, right?
>>
>>yakrt, leard.
>
>Yes, everyone knows about Sanskrit /yakrt/ but they also know
>that the /-t/ is a specific addition to that language to avoid
>final vocalic /-r/. Other superfluous extensions exist like
>/asr-k/ for "blood", found only in this language.

And Latin sanguis < *h1sh2angW-. You don't really believe that
Sanskrit added a superfluous consonant that just happened to coincide
with the consoanant that is found in other languages...

>That doesn't mean
>we must reconstruct *-k in IE, based on ONE language!

*h1ésh2rgW, *h1shángW- "blood".

>So dare I ask... What pray tell does "leard" prove other than
>a lack of understanding of IndoEuropean?

Arm. <leard> (*lepr.t), like Skt. <yakrt> (*yekWr.t) and Grk. G.
<he:patos> (*ye:kWnt-os) prove that this stem ended in -rt, -nt-.