Re: [tied] t-neuters in PIE

On 2007-05-10 21:17, Joao S. Lopes wrote:

> Are there another examples of t-neuters in PIE?
>
> *melit "honey" (cf. mel, meli)
> *h2elut "beer(?)" (cf. ale, alumen)
> *kh2eput "head" (cf. caput, heafod)
> *dlH2ekt "milk" (cf. lac, gala)

*dek^m.t 'ten'. Possibly all the *-m(e)n- and *-r/n- neuters unless the
"inorganic" *t that appears sporadically in their case-forms and
derivatives is in fact secondary.

Piotr