Re: [tied] Re: IE prefix "*s"

From: alex
Message: 28552
Date: 2003-12-16

Miguel Carrasquer wrote:
>
>> For trying to make the knot with "schimba", one has to assume there
>> has been an word "*scâmbea"
>
> Why -ea???
>
>
> =======================
> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv@...
>

one needs an /e/ or an /i/ for the analogical change like in "ânel" &
"ânema" from "anellus" and "anima". The /i/ in "cambio" was a short "i",
thus *ex-cambiare > *scambeare > *scambea. Do I see it wrong?

Alex