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

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Jens Elmegaard Rasmussen wrote:

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> On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Miguel Carrasquer wrote:
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> [Against Glen who says Hitt. sume:s "couldn't be from **swei as Miguel
> invents":]
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> > Of course it can.  See H. Craig Melchert "Anatolian Historical
> > Phonology",
> > p. 58, on Sievers-Lindeman in Anatolian, I quote:
> >
> > *swé:s "you"(pl.) > *suwé:s > Hitt. sume:s.
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> Well, Melchert wrote this, but why would we believe it is true? There are
> several avenues from *yú:s, *usmé, *wos to usme:s, usma:s, -smas and so
> hardly any need to posit IE protoforms with *sw-.

- meaning sume:s, suma:s of course.

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> Jens
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