Re: PIE meaning of the Germanic dental preterit

From: Sergejus Tarasovas
Message: 54603
Date: 2008-03-04

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer Vidal <miguelc@...>
wrote:


> [Sergejus: are there any other examples of *-men-words
> giving -me: instead of -muo?]

Nothing reliable comes into my mind, but cf. the following pairs, just
fished out from the LKZ^:

<alme:~> : <almuõ> 'pus'
<esme:~> : <esmuõ> 'essence'
<gelme:~> : <gelmuõ> 'depth'
<gliaume:~> : <gliaumuõ> 'slimy film'
<graz^me:~> 'beauty' : <graz^muõ> 'adornment'
<karú:me:> : <karú:mene:> < (?)*karú:muo 'army'
<kirme:~> : <kirmuõ> 'worm'
<lenkme:~> 'hollow' : <lenkmuõ> 'bend'
<linkme:~> 'direction' : <linkmuõ> 'bend'
<prasme:~> 'sense' : <prasmuõ> 'symbol'

Sergei