Re: [tied] Whence Grimm?

On Fri, 02 Apr 2004 00:19:14 +0200, Piotr Gasiorowski
<piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:

>02-04-2004 00:04, Miguel Carrasquer wrote:
>
>> What about zero-grade?
>>
>> *sd-tló- > Gmc. *sát-dla- (with schwa secundum and Verner) >
>> *saddla- > saðula.
>
>It would have had to be something like *s&d-tló- > *s&tló- > *sadla- for
>Verner's Law to operate.

Yes. The resolution of the cluster */dt/ is of course a can
of worms in itself, but an eventual outcome -dla- in
Germanic is at least imaginable.

>But why is *sad(u)laz masculine?

I didn't know that: zadel is neuter in Dutch. Would the
gender matter for the accent?

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