Re: Latin -idus as from dH- too

I have already answered that question for you: *dheug(h)-, 'milk, *dug
('teat used for milking')'

Patrick

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From: "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
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Subject: Re: Re: [tied] Latin -idus as from dH- too


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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Piotr Gasiorowski
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> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 11:29 PM
> Subject: [Courrier indésirable] Re: [tied] Latin -idus as from dH- too
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> On 2008-03-15 23:04, fournet.arnaud wrote:
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> > 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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