Re: [tied] Re: IE prefix "*s"... and neglected phonology

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 19:22:41 +0000, george.st@... wrote:

>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:
>>Bourciez says this:
>>
>>"C'est au contraire, lorsque les deux groupes de population
>>[South and North, or Cis-Danubian and Trans-Danubian] furent
>>séparés,
>
>He certainly refers to the main AR+MR branch versus DR.
>However, Cis-Danubian vs Trans-Danubian is highly ambiguous,
>since the dialectal "belt" South of the Danube (I don't know
>how wide -- but at least 100 km) also belongs to DR!

My mistake. I thought Bourciez meant "North" = DR and "South" = everything
else, but now I see that North = DR+IR, South = AR+MR.


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