Re: PIE meaning of the Germanic dental preterit

On 2008-03-02 00:01, alexandru_mg3 wrote:

> But you cannot assert *k^red-dH(h1)-áh2 for this noun in place of
> *k^red-dHeh1 when we have
> *mn.s-dHeh1 (noun) Skt. medhá:-

Skt. medHá: (f.) 'wisdom' is not the same as Av. mazda: (m.) 'wise'

> *miHes-dHeh1 (noun) Skt. miy'edha-

<miyedHa-> (Av. miiazda-) is a thematic noun. Its derivation must begin
with the construction *mihes dHeh1-, the first part of which again looks
like a fossilised endingless locative (cf. *meih-es- > Skt. mayas-
'pleasure, delight').

> *swe-dHeh1 (noun)

Skt. svedHa: 'self-power, possession' is declined like an ordinary *-ah2
feminine (so are <s'raddHa:> and <medHa:> 'wisdom'). It should be
analysed as *swe-dH(h1)-ah2, either based on the neo-root *swe(:)dH-,
abstracted from something like *sweh1 dHeh1- 'to place/lay down for
oneself', alongside *swedH-o- and *swe(h1)dH-es- (e.g. Gk. e:tHos).
*swedH-ah2- is visible in Lat. soda:lis.

> *mis-dHeh1 (noun)

Thematic again (*mizdHo- ~ *mizdHah2). The identity of the first element
(if this is another *dHeh1- compund) is not quite clear to me.

Piotr