On 2006-01-13 16:04, alexandru_mg3 wrote:
> Despite Piotr, assertions: there are not roots nekWt- or negWhr- in
> PIE . -r- and -t- are extensions (even they are ancient ones)
*negWh-r- is OK; an IE root ending in *-CR is not permissible. But the
Italic and Germanic evidence reveals that the suffix here is more likely
*-r- (or heteroclitic *-n/r-) than *-ro-. Greek shows a thematised
derivative of an r-stem, i.e. [negWH-r]-ó- rather than [negWH]-ró-.
As for kidneys being so conspicuously dark that they should have been
named 'the dark ones', the discussion of such an idea would be a waste
of time.
Piotr