Re: Proper methodology (was: RE: [tied] Re: Mother of all IE langua

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 11:01:13 +0000, tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...>
wrote:

>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

>> In the singular, the possessive endings -m and -t have been added
>> to an element G-. I don't have extensive information on Chukchi, so I
>> have no idea where that element comes from. Perhaps it canm be associated
>> with the element t-/tx- that is found in the Aleut personal pronouns 1.
>> t-ing, 2. tx-in.
>>
>I would relate it to -k in Gothic mi-k, Ti-k.

I wouldn't.

>> The Afro-Asiatic (Semitic) 1st. person pronon *?ana:ku consists of
>> an element *?an- ("here"?) + the 1sg. stative ending -a:ku "I am". Cf.
>> *?an-ta/*?an-ti/*?an-ka/*?an-ki "you" < *?an *t-kV here-you-are(?).
>
>Subtract *?an- which no one knows what means and you're left with 1
>sg -a:ku, 2 sg -ta/-ti etc.

Yes, that's the stative endings (PIE *-h2, *-th2; Uralic *-k, *-n[k]).


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