Re: [tied] A loose thought on present n-infix, ablaut

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

> Then this from the same article by Pulleyblank might interest you:
> "
> 7. GO, COME
> Ch.
> wâng .. EMC wuaân,' < *wàân,? "go",
> yú .. EMC waâ < *wàâ < *wàG "go (to); to; at, in",
> Tib.
> h.on-ba 'come',
> Burm. wan, "enter; go in; come in' Bodman (1980:81);
> IE
> *gWa:-, *gWem- "go, come"

But we also have PIE *weg'h 'convey' (semantically a more likely
loan), so it seems quite likely that we just have a look-alike. I did
wonder if English _wend_, _wander_ could be added, but I can't detatch
the 'd' and it seems to be purely Germanic. :-(

Richard.