From: Miguel Carrasquer Message: 22591 Date: 2003-06-03
On Tue, 03 Jun 2003 20:00:23 +0000, Glen Gordon <glengordon01@...>
wrote:
>Please support this conviction of yours that
>Kart *otxo- derives from IE *okto:u with something more substantial.
The Svan form is wo(:)s^tx(w), which suggests a borrowing from *o:k^toh3
with *h3 still /xW/ and perhaps stressed /o/ still long. The fact that the
word is Pan-Kartvelian and not just Georgian-Zan also suggests an ancient
date of borrowing.
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