Re: [tied] Timing of ablaut

Come on, Slavic is an IE language branch, so there is nothing unexpected
in an example of the IE superlative to survive in a lexical remain there
too. That by itself does not make neve^sta a superlative, however, for it
certainly cannot be a direct reflex of *new-ist(h)o-. And the superlative
analysis of te^sto could easily be wrong.

Jens

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Abdullah Konushevci wrote:

> It is also part of the evidence
> > that the same root forms Slavic te^sto and OIr. taes, Welsh
> toes 'dough'
> > pointing to *taisto- which may be a perfect superlative of an
> adjective,
> > IE *táy(H)-isto- 'most compact' showing that any a-timbre seen in
> forms of
> > this root does not have to come from the laryngeal, for the root
> had /a/
> > itself.
>
> Jens
> ************
> But, according to Mr. Vidal and Mr. Gasiarowski, there are no traces
> in Slavic languages of superlative in -isto-. You probably have not
> read our discussion about Slavic word <nevesta> 'the newest one, the
> newest member of the family, young bride', comparable with Albanian
> <e reja> 'the new one, the new member of the family, young bride'.
> Now, we have also *te^sto 'dough, most compact'