Re: Not "catching the wind " , or, what ARE we discussing?

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From: "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
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Subject: Re:Re: [tied] Re: Not "catching the wind " , or, what ARE we
discussing?


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> > On 2008-04-15 10:39, fournet.arnaud wrote:
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> >> The same thing happens with the word dog KuHon.
> >> Exists in PIE, Berber, Kushitic,
> >> Nothing in Semitic.
> >
> > I don't know about Berber abd Kushitic, but the PIE word wasn't "KuHon".
> >
> > Piotr
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> Yes, you are right
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> It was *kuH1on?
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> Hence zero grade kH1wn > k^wn.
> It's a fourth example of kH1w > k^w.
>
> Thank you, Piotr, for this apt remark.
>
> Arnaud
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Patrick:

There is no 'laryngeal' in this word.

It is analyzed as *k^e-, 'gray' + -w-, 'wolf/predator' + -n- 'thing'.


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