Re: [tied] Thematic vowel - *to, *so

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "etherman23" <etherman23@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, glen gordon <glengordon01@...> wrote:
> > Therefore *so + *-ex => *sex by analogy. If it had
> > been **sox, it would appear more like an inanimate in
> > *-x and that's bad because it's a feminine, right?
>
> I think a wise man once said that analogy should be used as a last
> resort. Or something like that.

Ah yes, here's what he had to say:

> Which is why you'll never make sense. Linguists don't respect this
> kind of methodology because there is no order to these explanations.
> They are random guesses at the best of times. People AVOID analogical
> explanations whenever possible.
>
>
>= gLeN