Re: [tied] Re: NEuropean IE for apple

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 38041
Date: 2005-05-24

tgpedersen wrote:

> Is the -ko of the Slavic words from PIE *-(i)ko? Doesn't that PIE
> suffix become -ica in Slavic?

It all depends on the preceding vowel. The regular development (often
complicated because of analogical contamination) is:

*-u-ko- > -Uk-
*-i-ko- > -Ic-
*-i:-ka: > -ica

Piotr