[tied] Re: Convergence in the formatin of IE subgroups

> If the 'dog' word has an internal etymology within PIE, it _may_ be

a

> substantivised participle: *k^éw-o:n(t-) vel sim. --> *k^w-ó:n (the

*t

> perhaps survived in some derivatives, esp. Gmc. *xunda- < *k^wn.t-ó-

),

> more or less similarly to *h1d-ónt- from pres. part. *h1éd-ont-.

This

> would in fact explain "the curious incident of the dog", which shows

an

> o-grade in the strong cases despite being otherwise a typical mobile
> noun with no e-grade anywhere (gen. *k^un-ós, etc.).

Like *gWow-s?


The meaning of the

> underlying root is unknown.

I believe the otherwise participal suffix *-ont- is a nominal suffix
of live creatures in Hittite. That would get you out the fix of having
to define the semantics of that verb. I'll get back with Pulleyblank's
derivation.


Torsten