Re: [tied] Re: PIE *kwokt

----- Original Message -----
From: "Miguel Carrasquer" <mcv@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 10:46 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: PIE *kwokt


> On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 22:18:45 +0100, alex_lycos <altamix@...>
> wrote:
>
> >Ah, OK, so it makes sense, thank you
> >But I dont see where this phoneme should lost resurfaces somewhere
else
> >in the paradigm.Any examples for clarifying?
>
> Well, first thing that comes to mind is the other day Torsten
> mentioned a Danish example
>
> 7 syv 7th syvende
> 8 otte 8th ottende
> 9 ni 9th niende
> 10 ti 10th tiende
>
> The -(e)n that was lost in syv, ni and ti (sev_en_, ni_ne_, te_n_)
> resurfaces, or "is restored", in the cardinals syven-de, nien-de,
> tien-de
>
> There are of course many more examples. Latin NOM homo: GEN hominis,
> for example, where -n (lost in the nominative from *homo:n) resurfaces
> in the oblique
>
> =======================
> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv@...


That was nice from you Miguel, thank you. However I expected some
examples from the field Latin<->Romanian , you know, the bred made home
has the best taste:-)