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> From: "jouppe" <jouppe@...>
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 5:47 PM
> Subject: [tied] Re: Not "catching the wind " , or, what ARE we
discussing?
> How do you then derive Gmc. *sal-t- from IE *sh2el-?
>
> Jouppe
>
> ***
>
> Patrick:
>
> This is one of those relatively uncommon words that came into PIE
with a
> naturally long vowel: no 'laryngeal'.
I disagree. If there was no sx-, what caused s.- in Khowar s.òr
'salty'?
An x (H2) caused dental > retro. in others (khowàr; atsHaareetáa;
kAmvìri), approximately:
*gWm,bH-x-ro+ 'deep' > *gumbr.0a > *gumbut.a > atsH gut.ùmbo
*pYaL-x-táx 'grey hair(s)', ì 'here' > *patxLáài > *pat.s.l.áài > kh
l.aypàt.s.i; kAmvìri pAlì
(-i is added to body parts, in kh twice, once after met.)
*pYì-pY(a)L-x-tó:n (and weak:)
*pYì-pY(a)L-x-tn+ 'moth, butterfly' > *pu-p(a)Lx-t.n.+ > *pxu-pL(a)n.t.+
*pxu-pLan.t.+ > *pHuLpaat.+ > *pHaat.uL+ > atsH pHaat.uríi
*pxupL,n.t.+ > *pupuLn.t.+ +ìk dim.
*pupuLn.t.ìk > *puLpun.t.ìk > kh pulmund.ùk
*pupuLn.t.ìk > *pupün.t.Lìk > *pün.t.puLìk > kv prüs^pùlik
for the kv met. of n.T. compare:
*pm:,kWttí+s 'fist' > *mm,kWstís > *muNks.t.i^z > atsH mùs.t.i, kv
*mn.us.t.i > mRü`s^t
> It is a derivative of *sa:-, 'satisfied'.
I have *sax- 'fill', with 'full' > 'satisfied', etc., occurring in
some derivatives.