On 2008-12-02 21:22, Arnaud Fournet wrote:
> Apparently, Pokorny's Dictionary does not accept any connection between
> Greek ou-k(h) and Latin au-d.
>
> What are the received analysis of these two words ?
As for Gk. ouk(í), we have the famous etymology proposed by Warren
Cowgill, *ne h2oju kWíd 'not in/on (your) life-EMPH' --> 'not ever, not
at all', with the original negative particle *ne dropped and the
emphatic part becoming *ojukí > oukí by regular sound change (with the
further reduced weak forms <ouk> and <ou>).
Excuse a silly question, but what Lat. aud do you mean? <haud>?
Piotr