Re: *kant-/*kunt-, harbor, hide and hunt

From: tgpedersen
Message: 62593
Date: 2009-01-25

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> > What is un-indo-european about these hydronyms ?
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> The a/u/i alternation.
> -u- should have had ablaut forms -eu-, -ou-.
> -i- should have had ablaut forms -ei-, -oi-.
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> LAtin is not Indo-European ?

> A.
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Latin has a/u/i alternation/ablaut?
Please explain.


Torsten