Re: [tied] IE genitive

From: Glen Gordon
Message: 21184
Date: 2003-04-22

Jens:
>The i-forms are rather plainly originally enclitics. For
>reasons I do not understand it appears that *kWi-/*kWe- means
>'what', while stable *kWo- means 'who'.

I don't understand either. *kWis is "who?" and *kWid is "what?"
both using *kWi-... What were you trying to say? In the stem
*kWo-tero-, *kWo- appears to mean "what" or "which" as in
"which way?". Again, I fail to see what you meant.


- gLeN


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