On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 10:56:22 +0000, Abdullah Konushevci
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a_konushevci@...> wrote:
>There is no misunderstanding, it seems you didn't understand
>Croation language: "-lo, live (or productive) suffix of neuter
>gender, all-Slavic and pre-Slavic, derived from past active
>participle: <bilo> 'was' (Vuk) from <biti> "to be".
>And, as you may see, he is not talking about participle ending -l-
>(PIE *-lo-), but he clear stressed that it is derived from past
>active participle <bilo> 'was'.
No he doesn't:
-lo, z'iv sufiks sr. r., sveslav. i praslav., postao od prošlog
participa aktiva: bilo (sic!) n (Vuk) od biti u c^etiri znac^enja,
vrelo n od vreti, djelo n od djeti (v.), selo od sjesti itd.
"-lo, productive neuter suffix, Pan-Slavic and Proto-Slavic, derived from
the past active participle: <bilo> n. (Vuk) from <biti> with four
meanings[*], <vrelo> n. from <vreti>, <djelo> n. from <djeti> (v.), <selo>
from <sjesti> etc."
Note the mention of vrelo, djelo, selo, and the addition of itd [i tako
dalje] "etcetera".
What is meant is that the suffix -lo is derived from the _suffix_ of the
past active participle nuter, -lo.
[*] biti "to hit", byti > biti "to be", what are the other two?
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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