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

--- stlatos <stlatos@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen"
> <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > > - - - - - - - -
> > > > How do you then derive Gmc. *sal-t- from IE
> *sh2el-?
> > >
> > > I've seen no ev. the same rules apply to
> liquids. It's more likely
> > > that there's contamination with the adj. 'salty'
> with d>t, as part of
> > > similar changes in IE branches specifically for
> this word.
> > >
> > I haven't looked up the ON, but Danih has
> >
> > salt "salt"
> > salt "salty"
> >
> > and the -t (< PIE *-d, cf German -s) is the
> NeutNomAcc suffix,
>
> I don't think so.

So, what your opinion on this. Salt does seem to be
formed from
sal-t < *sal-d
see Spanish sal "salt" vs. salado "salty" with a past
participle ending
but the Germanic past participle has a different
origin and is not cognate to Latin -atus, etc. or we
would have **sal-th or **sal-ath
so the *-t has to come from somewhere
Are there any other words in Germanic that work like
salt?



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