Re: Latin -idus as from dH- too

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From: Piotr Gasiorowski
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Subject: [Courrier indésirable] Re: [tied] Latin -idus as from dH- too


On 2008-03-15 23:04, fournet.arnaud wrote:

> It's fascinating to see that
> the last vowel -a- comes out of *nothing*

It doesn't. It's a trivial vocalic enlargement of an original
consonantal stem. Not unlike Slavic *sestra, < *s(w)esr-a: <
*sweso:r/*swesr-. The weak stem of *dHug&2ter- was *dHug(&2)tr- (Ved.
dat.sg. duhitré, Gk. gen.pl. tHugatrõ:n etc.).

Piotr

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I prefer writing :
(strong) *dHugH2°ter = (Three syllables)
(weak) *dHugH2tr- = *dhugter (2 syllables)

&2 does not disappear in the weak form
there is no vocoid to help syllabicate.

What is the possible explanation
of the *dHugH2- root ?

Arnaud

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