Re[2]: [tied] Cluster kp- in Germanic

From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 51084
Date: 2008-01-02

At 4:45:36 AM on Wednesday, January 2, 2008, afyangh wrote:

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> http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/cgi/ncs3/bsearch.pl

The actual front page for this search is at
<http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/egypt/beinlich/beinlich.html>.

> xf-t : Gesicht = face
> -t is the feminine marker.

The actual entry reads <xft>, not <xf-t>. In view of such
pairs as <xftj> 'Feind' ~ <xftj.t> 'Feindin', <nxn> 'Kind' ~
<nxn.t> 'kleines Mädchen', <xnms> 'Freund' ~ <xnms.t>
'Freundin', etc., it appears that the feminine marker is
written <.t>, and that <xft> 'Gesicht' is therefore *not*
intended to be read as containing the feminine suffix.

For <xf> the Beinlich list gives 'sehen', 'etwas erhellen',
and '(= {xftj}) Feind'.

Brian