Re: [tied] Re: Old Czech hpán vs. Modern Czech pan, pán

On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 09:25:40 +0000, tgpedersen
<tgpedersen@...> wrote:

>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:
>> On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 16:20:18 +0000, tgpedersen
>> <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
>>
>> >Burrows: The Sanskrit Language p. 169
>> >"
>> >p-ati 'master'
>> >
>> >Footnote
>> >From pa:- 'to protect, govern'. That the /t/ in this word is
>suffixal
>> >is evident from its absence inGk. <despoina>. Therefore <páti-> is
>to
>> >pá- (<nr.pa-, etc) as <vr.káti-> to <vr.ka->.
>> >"
>>
>> Burrows is wrong. There is no way *pot- can be derived from
>> *poh3-.
>>
>>
>
>Not even zero grade *pH3ti- ?

That would give Skt. *piti- (or *biti-).

The only possibility might be a zero-grade *ph3-ot- (as in
nr.pá- < *h2nr-ph3-ó-), if that hadn't given *bot-, but that
would be a very peculiar root structure. On the other hand,
it would explain the persistent o-grade in the word...


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