Re: [tied] Galli:na aut o:uum

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From: Piotr Gasiorowski

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Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 6:11 PM

Subject: Re: [tied] Galli:na aut o:uum

Carry on by all means, it's getting interesting. But the structure of the compound should be repaired, I think. The ablaut looks OK to me, but if the word were to mean "such-and-such bird", it would be head-final, i.e. "bird"-final in PIE (*X-h2wi-). *h2wi-sdah2/-sth2ah2 would translate, a bit absurdly, as "bird-sitter/stander".

 

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[PCR]

Could we possibly be dealing with 'egg-sitter'?

 

 

Pat

 

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