alexandru_mg3 wrote:
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> I would be glad to talk on some other examples.
>
Be my guest. Here are some typical examples of *-ró- with
quasi-participial meanings (in most cases indistinguishable from those
of *-tó-/*-nó-, though sometimes with some extra adjectival strength):
*puH-ró- 'cleansed' (Lat. pu:rus) beside *puH-tó- (Skt. pu:tá-) from
*peuH- 'clean, purify'.
*(H)is&1-ró- 'vigorous, powerful' (Skt. is.irá-, Gk. hierós 'filled with
divine power', presumably also the Thracian hydronym Istros 'the Danube'
and many similar river-names) from the root of Skt. is.n.á:ti, ís.yati
'urge, set in motion' (< *is-né-h1-, *is(h1)-jé-), beside *is&1-tó-
(Skt. is.itá- 'urged').
*mik^-ró- 'mixed' (Lith. mis^ras, Skt. mis'rá-) from *meik^- 'mix'.
*bHudH-ró- 'vigilant, waking' (Lith. budrus, OCS bUdrU 'cheerful,
fresh', Av. -buDra-) beside *bHudH-tó- (Skt. buddHá-) from *bHeudH-
'observe, be awake'.
*h2ug-ró- 'big, powerful' (Skt. ugrá-, Av. ugra-) from *h2aug- 'grow'.
*ksud-ró- 'small, broken into small pieces' (Skt. ks.udrá- beside
ks.un.n.á- < *ksud-nó- 'pulverised') from *kseud- 'crush' (cf. Slavic
xudU 'meagre' < *ksoud-o-).
*tag-ró- 'touched' (Lat. integer < *en-tagro- < *n.-tag-ro- 'untouched,
undamaged') from *tag- 'touch'.
*dHig^H-ró- 'formed, shaped' (ON digr 'stout, thick') beside *dHigH-tó-
(Skt. digdHá- 'smeared, anointed', Lat. fictus 'formed, fabricated,
feigned') from *dHeig^H- 'knead, plaster, form'.
(etc.)
There are also numerous substantivisations like the following:
*nek^-ro- 'dead (body)' (Gk. nekrós 'corpse') from *nek^- 'perish'.
*ksu-ro- 'sharpened (tool)' (Gk. ksurón, Skt. ks.urá- 'razor') from
*kseu- 'rub, whet'.
*dHegWH-ro- 'burnt (wood)' (Gk. tépHra: 'ashes') from *dHegWH- 'burn'.
Piotr