Re: Re[2]: [tied] Mille (thousand)

Brian,

you are plain and simply wrong.

PIE roots are either *CV or *CVC; there are no *CCVC's of any kind.


Patrick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...>
To: "Patrick Ryan" <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 3:21 PM
Subject: Re[2]: [tied] Mille (thousand)


> At 3:47:21 PM on Sunday, March 9, 2008, Patrick Ryan wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > The fact that *CVC exists does not prove a deletion from
> > *sCVC but rather that *s- is an addition to a root.
>
> Doesn't actually prove anything either way. I tend to think
> that the forms with *s- are original, though I'd not bet on
> it.
>
> Brian
>
>
>