Re: [tied] Re: *ap-/*up-/*ip- , rivers in -r

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From: tgpedersen

To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 5:49 AM

Subject: [tied] Re: *ap-/*up-/*ip- , rivers in -r

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After all, how would one get away with claiming the adverb
(preverb/pre/postposition) *ab is IE? It's got an /a/, it's got
a /b/, it's got nothing else, and once you said /a/, and you
said /b/, you'll have to say 'non-IE'


Torsten


PCR:

 

It is implied that */a/ and */b/ suggest non-IE origin.

This is simply not true.

 

Standard IE reconstruction acknowledges IE */a/ as a result of earlier *H2V or *-VH2.

 

IE */b/, though rare, is present in many other almost certainly IE words (e.g. *bak-, 'staff'; *bu-, 'lip') 

*ab- (*H2Vb-) would also conform to the canonical IE root pattern: *CVC.

 

 

Patrick