From: elmeras2000
Message: 27855
Date: 2003-11-30
--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:
Your suggestion that the choice was phonetically motivated
> is interesting, and probably true.
Then why don't you accept it? For Heaven's sake, I withdraw that
question!
> I don't believe it. According to my Russian grammar, -n- (*-no-)
is still
> productive in Russian, so how could it have stopped being
productive in
> PIE?
What is productive in Slavic is a suffix *-ino-. I'm not really
prepared to account for its background. One type is adjectives (*-o-
) made from locatives (*-i) with a hiatus-breaking n-insertion. I
would guess there are other sources also, butt hat's another kettle
of fish.
> I still hope that
> my insisting (once I had managed to get my point across) has been
of some
> help. I think you were presenting your view on the *-u / *-ro
adjectives
> as if "possibility #1" applied, when what you really meant
was "possibility
> #3". Thanks for clarifying that.
I should be thanking you. I actually formulated what is your option
#3 from the outset, or at least I meant it that way. It is important
that theories are understood as intended.
Jens