Re: The palatal sham :) (Re: [tied] Re: Albanian (1))

On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 05:32:08 -0500 (EST), "Brent J. Ermlick"
<brent3@...> wrote:

>In article <jg0l10hmgu0g4k9l38l13lngk8u3g1u2lq@4ax.com> Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:
> . . .
>>>Could you give me some examples, please?
>>
>> 1. *kal : Skt. kín.a- (*kr.na-)
>> *kam-er- : Skt. kmárati, Grk. kmélethron
>> *kamp- : Skt. kapana: (*km.p-)
>> 2. *kar(&) : Skt. ki:rtí (*krH-ti-)
>> *kars : Skt. kas.ati (*kr.s.a-)
>> *ka(:)w(&)la: ~ *ku:la:
>> *kaul ~ *kul
>
>Are there any more non-Skt. correspondences showing ablaut? I like
>your hypothesis, but an alternative explanation for the Skt.
>alternation is that Skt. "a" was an ablauting vowel _in Skt._ and
>the Skt. forms could have been created by analogy within Skt. itself.
>
>The Greek form supplies evidence against this being just a Skt.
>innovation, but more non-Skt. forms would greatly increase the
>weight of the evidence.

I had only been tryng to find cases of Sanskrit *ka-, so I hadn't paid
attention to much else. Taking a second look, I find:

*kamp : Lith. kum~pas, Latv kùmpt, OPr. etku_mps
*kar(&) : Germanic forms (hro:ðr, hro:m, hro:ps)
*ka(:)w(&)la: ~ *ku:la: : Slavic kyla
*kaul ~ *kul : Germanic holr etc.


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