Re: [tied] IE "fist" (Germanic+Slavic+Baltic?)

From: Sean Whalen
Message: 47628
Date: 2007-02-27

--- Sean Whalen <stlatos@...> wrote:

> *p(e)ntkW+tí+s 'whole hand, fist'
> *p(e)ntkWtí+s > *p(e)nkWttí+s

> Slavic
> *penkWstí+s > *peNstI+

> Baltic
> *pn,kWstí+s > *puNWkWsti+ > *kWumpsti+

> Germanic
> *pn,kWstí+s > *puNWkWsti+z > *funsti+z

Also Khowar:
*pn,kWstí+s > *punkWs.t.i^+z > mus^t.ì

The rule puN > muN is also seen in pulmund.ùk
'butterfly', though metathesis obscures it.

pYìpYa_Lx,tó:n.
pYipYaLx,tó:n.
pipaLx,tó:n.
pipaLxtó:n.
piLpaxtó:n.
piLpató:n.
piLpatn.+ (weak stem)
piLpan.t+
piLpan.t.+
puLpan.t.+
pulpan.t.+
pulpan.d.+
pulpon.d.
pulpun.d.
pulmun.d.
pulmund. + ùk (~ dim.)
pulmund.ùk






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