Re: [tied] *kW- "?"

Torsten:

> Mandarin 'de' is used in exactly the same way as
> Basque 'ko', which is otherwise a diminutive
> suffix,

In Mandarin, 'de' is not a diminutive. It's retroflex
-r that pops up here and there somewhat
optionally.

> [...] I believe a Vasconic substrate caused the
> formation in IE of similar constructions: 'clause
> + ko + demonstrative + sentence' [...]

Which is impossible unless you move the Vasconic
population into Eastern Europe :( We don't need this
baseless conjecture.


= gLeN




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