Re: [tied] Narten presents, *mad- and such

Piotr:

>What's that *mad- root you mention? Pokorny's *mad- 'moisten,
>drench', as in Lat. madeo: 'drip, overflow', mador 'moisture'?

Well, maybe I should just ask: "How does one conjugate an a-grade
verb across the whole aspectual spectrum of durative, aorist and
stative?"

>The cognacy of <sa:kki> to Lat. sa:gio:, saga:x, Gk. he:geomai,
>Celt. *sag- and Gmc. *so:k-j-an- is doubtful. If you ask my opinion, I'd
>prefer to connect it with Lat. scio: 'know'.

A) Why is it "doubtful"?
B) What advantages does a connection with /scio:/ have?


- love gLeN



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