Re: [Courrier indésirable] Re: Re: Re:Re: Re: Re: Re:[tied] Re: The

From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 52890
Date: 2008-02-12

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meaning of life: PIE. *gWiH3w-


>
> Could you give an example of a bare *CoC noun - without any suffixes?
>
> Patrick
> ============
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> Greek phô(s) "light"
> Root *bh_H2
>
> Nominative -s does not count as a suffix.
> the base is *bhoH2-
>
> Arnaud
>
> ============
>
> If you don't believe in laryngeals
> another example is
> *gwow "cattle"
>
> Arnaud
>
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Avestan ga:uS suggests to me that *gWo:us, listed by Pokorny as nominative,
is the earlier form.

Patrick

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