Re: IS PIE * DERU EXCLUSIVELY INDO-EUROPEAN ?

From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 52007
Date: 2008-01-28

arbor = doru

Come, now, dakru v. akru is a difference of just one segment. _arbor_
v. _doru_ is a rather larger difference.
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tsalam? t?ob

What about Tokharian ore "tree" ?
I have already cited this word.

I agree that ar-bor is more complex
H_r Plus -dh- Plus -or-
Arnaud
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> Skt. ahar/n- vs. Gmc. *DaGaz,
> but in the latter the initial goes back to *dH, not *d.
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> Why *dH ?
> Could you please explain more ?
> Arnaud
Grimm's law.
Richard.
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I was misled by the graphic gimmick dH
I thought it was two phonemes not one.
Phonotaxis of #t?- prefix is complex.

When followed by -?-, simple t?- > d-
as in doru, dakru
When followed by -&- (&ayin), t?-&- > -dh-
as in dhay to see
CF. Semitic &ayin "eye" < instrument to see.
The place to look at in Sanscrit :
this language keeps the right traces :
t d dh th

In the case of Skt. ahar/n- vs. Gmc. *DaGaz,
this entails that the root must be *&_gh-
Arnaud
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