From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 62594
Date: 2009-01-25
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From: "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
>> >
>> > What is un-indo-european about these hydronyms ?
>>
>> 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.
>>
> Latin has a/u/i alternation/ablaut?
> Please explain.
>
> Torsten
>
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Latin does not have this :
>> -u- should have had ablaut forms -eu-, -ou-.
>> -i- should have had ablaut forms -ei-, -oi-.
And as far as a/u/i is concerned :
*deik "to show" *deuk "to lead" and Greek dak-tylos "finger" are only one
root.
A.
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