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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "stlatos" <stlatos@...> wrote:
>
> Yes, they're both < PIE * d.Hen.wr. d.Hen.wn.+ 'curved/bent _ / curved/hollow/sloping part of body / bow / tree to make bows'
> Skt
> tad.a:ka-s 'tank/pool'
> tad.aga-s 'pond'
> tat.a:ka-m 'pool'
> tat.aka-m 'shore'
> tat.a-s\m 'slope/declivity/sloping part of body/shore'
> dhánu- \ dhanú:- (f) 'dry sandbank / sandy shore'
> dhanvana-s \ dhanvaga-s ' ~fruit tree'
> dhánvan- 'bow'
>
> Bur >> Khow
> t.s.Honz.òr 'stone bow'
The V / VV alt. in:
tat.a:ka-m 'pool'
tat.aka-m 'shore'
and seen in other borrowings such as:
karbu:ra-s 'tumeric/gold'
karbura- \
kirmi:ra- \
kirmirá- 'spotted/variegated'
kalus.a- 'dirty/impure'
kilá:sa- 'spotted/leprous'
is from Indo-Ir tonal changes in 3-syl. PIE words, putting a high tone on the middle syl. of most types, such as * pr.z.d.-n.-kú+ < pr.z.d.-n.ú+kó+ < pr.z.d.-n.ú+ 'big cat' :
*
pr.z.d.-n.-kú+
pr.z.d.-N-kú+
pr.z.d.-m-kú+
/pr.z.d.-m-kú+
/pr.z.d.-m-kû+
/pr.z.d.-m´-kù+
/pr.z.d.-m´-ku+
/pur.z.d.-úm-ku+
/pur.z.d.-úm-qu+
/pur.z.d.-úm-Xu+
/pur.z.d.-úm-Xu+ /pur.z.d.-úum-Xu+
Khow purdúm \ purdúum 'leopard' (also written purdùm)