From: Mate Kapovic
Message: 30403
Date: 2004-01-31
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From: "elmeras2000" <jer@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 1:56 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Slavic *sorka (was: Satem and desatemisation (was:
Albanian (1)))
> It would point to the existence of variants. Of the two variants,
> the longer one will have to be the older.
Not neccessarily...
> The initial is meant as "Balto-Slavic reflex of IE *k^" as per
> Trubac^ëv. Anyone who likes may read k^- or s^- instead. The long
> vocalism is an easy way of writing "acute on /ar/ before consonant".
I would write * (a *s with a single hook ´) for BSl reflex of PIE *k'
considering the reflexes.
> > Seka is hardly equivalent to svraka. It is a much younger
> formation.
>
> The *type* is IE.
The type of sestra > se- > se-ka in Croatian is hardly IE. The hypocoristic
shortening of the stem is hardly of an old origin.
Mate