Re: [tied] Re: Nominative Loss. A strengthened theory?

21-04-2004 16:26, Sergejus Tarasovas wrote:

> Just for the record: how would you etymologize *nestera 'niece'?
> *(h2)nep-t-ter-eh2 (vs. *netIjI < *(h2)nep-t-i-o), like Derksen?

Either that, i.e. *nept-ih2 contaminated with the -(h2)ter- family terms
(I think this solution was first proposed by Meillet), or, perhaps,
*neti (also attested) contaminated with *sestra.

Piotr

PS But why *h2 and *nep-t- rather than just *nept-?

P.