Re: Bird (was: Renfrew's theory renamed as Vasco-Caucasian)

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From: tgpedersen

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Subject: [Courrier indésirable] [tied] Re: Bird (was: Renfrew's theory renamed as Vasco-Caucasian)

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> I have made the hypothesis that PIE had a nasal prefix,
> most probably #m- (as in PAA) (unprovable because of assimilation)
> this could be the explanation.

What semantics would it have? Semantics-less morphemes are suspect.

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The same as in Semitic : agent or place or instrument.

Morphemes not always have "good" clear-cut semantics.

A certain number of French words display a strange #ca- as first syllable

and it very hard to understand what this #ca- stands for :

It has only a vague derogatory connotation.

Arnaud

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> In that case bridd could be good Germanic out of *m-pet-ro >
> *bhedhro.

What's with the t > dh?

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What about mo-dh-er and fa-th-er ?

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And how would you explain the /k/ of th Du.,
Ger. words?

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I missed these words with -k- !?

What were they ?

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