Re: Gemination in Celtic

From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 56276
Date: 2008-03-30

----- Original Message -----
From: Anders R. Joergensen

> ========
> No
> Northern French je mak- "I eat"
> impossible from masticare.
> Arnaud

Well, Norman French (and Picard?, I'm not sure) doesn't have
palatalization of k+a, so if that is the origin of mak-, then no
problem. *mastika:re > *masker > mak- (or similarly).

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Not all French dictionnaries agree on that.
Arnaud
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> > >
> > > mrekk- "speckled"
> > > Lituanian margas
> >
> > What about this example ?
> > Arnaud
>
> What is the evidence for a laryngeal in these words?
> Anders
> =========
> Precisely
> the alternation -kk- ~ g.

Which we still need to prove... so far it hasn't been done, has it?

>
> Do you have a list of all proto-Celtic forms
> with -gg- and -kk- ?

No, but I can refer you to Lühr article, mentioned in an earlier post.

Anders

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What about
lakk- "lax, soft"
lag-aros

Celte rukk- "piece of cloth"

O.irl Stuc "hill"

O.irl stu:c "angered face"
Lit stug-ti

brecc- "speckled"

Arnaud

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