Re: [tied] Helios

--- Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

> On 2006-08-23 00:59, Joao S. Lopes wrote:
>
> > Germanic *sunno:n <*swun- ?

> The explanation of the double
> -nn- as derived from
> assimilated *-ln- is unconvincing, the expect
> outcome of the latter
> being -ll-.

Since *sulnika existed in PSlav the possibility
should be examined. This would be the only case of
original ul-n in PGer. If l>L (velarized) in some
cases *(melgY- > meLg- > miluk-) including after u
there's no problem if Ln>nn then ln>ll.

> The underlying n-variant of the
> heteroclitic stem is visible
> in the derivative *sunþra- < *s(h2)wn.-t(e)ro-
> 'southern' = 'located on
> the sun-side'.

There's no way to tell when that word was formed.
If an adj. was formed like *sulna- > *sunna- then this
*sun- would form any new derivatives (since more
original *sul- no longer existed).



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