Re: [tied] The "Mother" Problem

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Rob" <magwich78@...> wrote:

> I thought so. However, how can that be reconciled with
> the 'collective' (later passive) deverbal meaning in *-tó? If

there

> was an active participle in *-t, how could an adjectival form

based

> on it acquire passivity?

What comes from a maker is made; what comes from a baker is baked.
There's nothing to it. I do not see any basis for the assessment of
the to-participle as collective.

Jens