Re: Latin sync., ik(o) (was: The oddness of Gaelic words in p-)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "stlatos" <stlatos@...>
> To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 6:15 PM
> Subject: [tied] Latin sync., ik(o) (was: The oddness of Gaelic words

in p-)

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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@> wrote:
>
> > On 2008-06-03 19:47, stlatos wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
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> The diminutive *ik+ had many uses, including forming the names of
> small tools from verb roots. It had the nom. *i:x or *a:x and
> sometimes IE languages mixed these together or with the weak stem in
> *ik+. This is especially evident in dim. forming insect names (-ika:
> / -i:ka: / -i:k(s) / -a:k(s) / -ak / etc.).
>
>
> ***
>
> Patrick:
>
> This is the type of egregious misuse of 'laryngeals' which led me to
> exorcise them.
>
> The early diminutive (or derivative) was -*i(:); this was supplemented
> by -*kó, 'little'. It always has this form.
>
> This is idle speculation (*x > *k) that has no credible argument

behind it.

I said nothing of the sort. It is k() in the final CC or C
position(s) of a word that became x() (or 0 if you don't believe in
laryngeals).

Analogy, dif. in each IE language, sometimes created mixtures made
from the nom. and weak, etc.