[tied] Re: PIE Word Formation (1)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

> I suspect the thematic inflection became the "open" one, in the
> sense that foreign words were assigned to it. That would explain why
> *ekW-o-, *taur-o- and *wlkW-ó- (?) are thematic.

It's *wl.'kWo-. But there are PIE or sub-PIE nouns which are certainly
borrowed (those above need not be) and which are not o-stems, e.g.
*septm. 'seven' *pelek^u- 'axe'. It's true that the thematic
decelension eventually became the default one in the PIE noun system,
but it's a poor diagnostic test for detecting loans.

Piotr