Re: g^H: an older suffix in PIE adjectives?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:

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> From: Joao S. Lopes <josimo70@...>
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> Subject: [tied] g^H: an older suffix in PIE adjectives?
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> There's a lot of PIE adjectives ending in -g^Hu. Is this a relict of

a "fossil" suffix?

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> mrg^Hu- "short", bHng^Hu- "thick, fat", dHngHu- "fast?", dHrgHu-

"strong? hard?", h2ng^Hu- "narrow", lng(W)Hu- "light" (cf. levis,
elakhys, elaphros, light, if they are related).

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> JS Lopes

> Doesn't *merg- mean "dive, go down"? If so, then *mrg-g^Hu- "below,

short"?

It's at least *mezg+ and I'd say it's not directly related to 'short'.