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

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From: "jouppe" <jouppe@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 5:47 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: Not "catching the wind " , or, what ARE we discussing?


--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "stlatos" <stlatos@...> wrote:
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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@> wrote:
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> > On 2008-04-15 22:53, stlatos wrote:
> >
> > > What about comparison with Germanic? What do you believe gave
hund
> > > and mund?
>
> I do not believe these come form participles. Even if they did,
> what are the chances that such would only be retained in one branch
> and in two words of nearly the same phon. form?
>
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How do you then derive Gmc. *sal-t- from IE *sh2el-?

Jouppe

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Patrick:

This is one of those relatively uncommon words that came into PIE with a
naturally long vowel: no 'laryngeal'.

It is a derivative of *sa:-, 'satisfied'.


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