From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 60667
Date: 2008-10-08
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From: "stlatos" <stlatos@...>
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> An IE language spoken in Greece before Hellenic settlement added a
> before some consonant clusters beginning a word: *tpelyo- > apellon
> 'black poplar', *trktro- > atraktos 'spindle', *tlaxa:ns > Atla:s.
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Thank you for providing new examples of a-mobile in IE.
Apellon is direct from a-pellon
(no need for a t- otherwise it should be **aptellon)
Arnaud
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> Since Deukalion is supposed to come from *dleuk-sxalyo- 'sweet /
> freshwater sailor' < *dlukus 'sweet / freshwater' and *sxal 'salt,
> seawater'
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Out of *dleuk-sH2alyo-, I would expect **leuksalio
And should this not be better constructed as *dleuk-o-sH2alyo- ?
Arnaud