Re: [tied] PIE prek'- ; prok' ; prk'- 'to ask'

From: Sergejus Tarasovas
Message: 43674
Date: 2006-03-07

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Petr Hrubis <hrubisp@...> wrote:
>
> No problem at all. Czech has c^init(i) "to do" (=
> konat(i) = o-grade) too.

What does Czech <konat> mean exactly? Rus. <(do)konát'> means 'finish',
Polish <konac'> means 'die' (< Slavic *kon- 'end; beginning' < PIE *ken-
'begin'). At any rate, *kon- can't represent an o-grade of *c^in-: an
o-grade of PIE *kWei-n- would be *kWoi-n- > Sl.*ce^n-.

Sergei