Re: [tied] PIE word for "people"

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From: "Miguel Carrasquer" <mcv@...>
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Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 2:50 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] PIE word for "people"


> On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:57:02 -0500, Patrick Ryan
> <proto-language@...> wrote:
>
> >Grzegorz neglects in his deliberations the fact that Old Indian ra:ma-
> >can
> >come from, at least, three separate PIE sources: *re:-mó-, *ra:-mó-, and
> >*ro:-mó, each, presumably, with distinguishable meaning.
>
> Not to mention *romó-, *le:-mó-, *la:-mó-, *lo:-mó and
> *lo-mó-.
>
> =======================
> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv@...

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Patrick:

An excellent point!

However, I would have this one caveat.

In reconstructing pre-PIE, I have come to believe that there were two /r/
phonemes, only one of which produces the [r]/[l] variations we see in Old
Indian (Gosh, I wish there were a better word!).

The variety of /r/ that produces this variation, shows up in PIE as [l].

But this is all based on analysis which will not be accepted by most on this
list and probably any other, as well).

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