Re: [tied] trzymac'

On Sat, 27 May 2006 20:00:11 +0000, Sergejus Tarasovas
<S.Tarasovas@...> wrote:

>I've just realized I don't know and can't think of the etymology of
>Polish <trzymac'> 'hold'. Does it continue Common Slavic *tri(:)ma"ti
>(b? -- in view of Kashubian <tr^îma,> 'I hold' with î vs. å~ in the
>infinitive) or is it a borrowing?

To return to the original point, the Kashubian/Slovincian
forms seem fit Mate's two-mora-rule (pretonic length is
shortened before two or more morae) quite well. tri:má:ti
(final open syllables count as 1 mora) has 3 morae after the
length, while tri:móN has one. I'm sure Mate will want to
comment further, once he's available.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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