Re: [tied] Re: Dissimilation of gW/kWVw to gVw/kVw

On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:10:21 +0000, tgpedersen
<tgpedersen@...> wrote:

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>> >
>> >You propose that the plain *k-series are derived from pre-PIE
>> >uvulars *q etc. I believe they occur only in loanwords. Can you
>> >propose a way to decide which alternative is true?
>>
>> Sure. *k occurs in the PIE diminutive suffix *-(i)ko-, so
>> that's one certain case of not a borrowing.
>>
>
>Ahem. *-(i)ko is not borrowed because it is PIE.

No, *-(i)ko is not borrowed because it's the diminutive
suffix.


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