Re: [tied] Lat. niger once again

From: Joao S. Lopes
Message: 42921
Date: 2006-01-13

Could be the original form of *negWHro- "kidney" a neuter *negWHr-;-n-, analogous to *yekWr(t)-yekWn- "liver"?

Joao SL

alexandru_mg3 <alexandru_mg3@...> escreveu:
> *negWHr- (Gk. nepHrós, Gmc. *neGWr-an-) > *nehr- > *ne:r- > re:n-
> (probably influenced by lie:n 'spleen', cf. the variant <rienes>).

I wanted (but I didn't arrive yet) to add this example *negWh-r-
'reins' as an additional argument for the existence of a PIE root *negW
(h)- and of the -ro suffix.

As you know the 'object' is 'dark': *negWh-r- (but its nature is
different).

Despite Piotr, assertions: there are not roots nekWt- or negWhr- in
PIE . -r- and -t- are extensions (even they are ancient ones)

Marius

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