From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 56073
Date: 2008-03-27
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From: etherman23
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> *m_t "to give birth"
> PIE ma:te:r
> Eg m_s
The PIE word clearly comes from the nursery word *me or *ma with the
famial suffix *h2ter.
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What should this suffix be H2ter
instead of -ter ?
This approach makes any connection
with gen-H1-ter impossible ?
Arnaud
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> *t&_b- "young bull"
> PIE *tauros
> Eg s_&_b
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PIE *tauros is a Semitic borrowing, so useless for genetic
correspondences and sound laws.
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This is an interesting assertion to be discussed.
On account of :
Skrt sthu:ra with t-h-
and Eg s_&_b with &
there is a pharyngeal in this word,
No trace of it in
Arabic thawr
Hebrew sho:r
This is a LW from PIE into Semitic.
And you can look at :
Arabic baqar "cattle" < *pekw
You are inverting the direction of LWs.
Arnaud
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