Re: [tied] West bird

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...>
wrote:

>
> On 2006-01-27 16:26, tgpedersen wrote:
>
> > OK, so there is a Skt. nis.ad- and no **a:sad-. I don't think

that

> > whelms much either way.
>
> Vedic directly proves the existence of the verb *ni-sed- 'sit down,
> rest' and of the corresponding root noun (both are attested

already in

> the RV). If you think such evidence makes no big difference for the
> analysis of *nisdo- (as opposed to the more speculative

interpretation of *-sd- in general), what else can I say?

With much mental effort I think I discovered what you mean here:
Since *ni-sed- has a proven connection with the PIE root *sed-
"sit", it can't be connected with my "speculative interpretation",
ie. a derivation from OC s^e´l "west; roost, perch". But what I
claim is that PIE *sed- _is_ OC *s^e´l, namely a loan. In other
words, the two are identical. Now when you try to disprove my claim
of the identity of the two, you use implicitly a claim that PIE *sed-
is _different_ from OC *s^e´l. But you haven't proved that.

>
> > Please connect *hosd- with arms, forks, growth, etc.
>
> Come on, you haven't connected it securely with 'sit' yet.

Pokorny does, I might add, Patrick-style.


Torsten