Re: Post-Postscript on Przeworsk

On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:26:27 +0100, "fournet.arnaud"
<fournet.arnaud@...> wrote:

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>From: tgpedersen
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>Bomhard: Indo-European and the Nostratic hypothesis
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>344.
>PN *k'wad-/*k'w&d- "to form, to fashion, to build" >
>PK *k'wed- "to build", *k'wedel- "wall";
>PAA *k'wad-/*k'w&d- "to form, to fashion, to build";
>PD *kut.i "house, hut, abode"
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>Est. kodu, - "home"
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>Cf. German Kotte, Eng cot, cottage
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>which could also be reconstructed from this word family.
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>Bof,
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>I'm not ready to buy this.
>
>Reconstructed ??
>Georgian is kedeli

k.edeli

>I can't see how it can be from *k?wedel.

Klimov reconstructs PGZ *k.(e)d-el- "wall". Svan c^.wed-
with the same meaning shows an irregular correspondence k.-
~ c^.w-.

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