Re: [tied] Re: PIE i- and u-stems again

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:20:17 -0000, "tgpedersen"
<tgpedersen@...> wrote:

>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer Vidal <miguelc@...>
>wrote:
>>
>> No. The direction of derivation is athematic -> thematic
>> (e.g -(e)n-stem -> -(e)no-stem).
>
>Cato: "the smart one" -> catenus "smart"? I don't think so.
>
>
>> There are no n-stems derived from thematics
>
>What is then the relationship of catus/cato: ?

One is thematic, the other is an athematic n-stem. The
n-stem is not built on the thematic form: that's impossible.

You *can* build thematics on consonant-stems: happened all
the time.

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