Re: [tied] Balto-Slavic C-stems / long vowel endings

On 2007-01-17 23:11, mcarrasquer wrote:

> Just a thought, before I forget.
>
> Could Slavic nogá "foot, leg" and no``gUtI "nail" be split forms of a
> common paradigm?
>
> We could have:
> N. *h3nógh(W)-o:t-s,
> A. *h3nógh(W)-ut-m.

Very interesting. How about extending this analysis to other *-ut- nouns
in Balto-Slavic (e.g. *degut- 'tar', cf. Latv. de,guts/de,guots)?

Piotr