Re: [tied] Nostr.? *w-t- , *w-g-

On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 13:57:40 -0000, "tgpedersen
<tgpedersen@...>" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

>Manaster Ramer: Exploring the Notratic Hypothesis
>in
>Salmon & Joseph (eds.): Nostratic: Siftin the Evidence
>
>has as among a handful of loans into(?) IE and Finno-Ugric:
>
>*wetV- "water"
>*wegV- "to carry"
>*wetV- "to lead"
>
>which is odd, since I have those same roots in my site (as usual).
>How did mr. Ramer know that?

They are not Manaster-Ramer's but Illich-Svitych's reconstructions.
What is being discussed is the difference of opinion between
Illich-Svitych, which sees them as words inherited from
Proto-Nostratic, and e.g. Gamkrelidze & Ivanov or Ringe, who state
that they (and some others) are borrowings from PIE into Uralic (PFU).

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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