Re: [tied] Re: PIE's closest relatives/SIBUN

> tó: ósse in Greek is dual as far as I know. It has the dual article to:

and

> the connection of dual with "(two)eyes" is transparant.

Obviously. But we were talking about the word for 8. You claimed that the
dual ending is -h1, therefore the ending of 8 must be -h1. That is where
the circular argument lies.

Peter

> > >>The presence of a laryngeal at
> > > > the end of 8 seems clear (Sanskrit shows -au and -a, and cases with
> > > > both -a- and -a:-), and the ending -o: points to -h3.
> > >
> > > Hardly. The ending was *-oh1, not *-eh3. You have *h3ekWih1 > OCS

oc^i,

> > > Greek osse in which -e shows that the dual ending was *-h1 and not

*-h3.

> >
> > You are assuming that the word is a dual. This assumption is based on

the

> > form of the ending, and therefore cannot later be used to deduce the

form

> of
> > the ending - that would be a circular argument.
> >
> > If there is independent evidence either that the word is dual, or that

the

> > ending is -h1, I'll accept it.
>
> tó: ósse in Greek is dual as far as I know. It has the dual article to:

and

> the connection of dual with "(two)eyes" is transparant.
>
> Mate
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