From: Piotr Gasiorowski Message: 55144 Date: 2008-03-14
On 2008-03-14 09:27, fournet.arnaud wrote:
> Piotr
> I have a question about
> *tl.h2-tláh2
> You mean this root is reduplicated ?
> (or just a coincidence ?)
Coincidence, I think. The root is *telh2- 'support, carry' and what
follows is the instrumental suffix *tr/lo-, apparently a thematic
derivative of *-ter- (forming agent nouns). Another such
pseudo-reduplication is *terh1-tro- 'drill, auger'.