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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Tavi" <oalexandre@...> wrote:
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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "cafaristeir" <cafaristeir@> wrote:
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> > For example, if we admit that dom- and demH2 were from the same root
> >
> Oh, come on! PIE *dom- 'household' is a NOUN root, not a verb.
To simplify:
both are from * dem-x+ = make straight/right/fitting > fit in / enclose / etc. > make (tame/fitting/good) / etc.
The opt. x>u after P / KW (often seen in Latin) is seen in:
tanu-te:r = householder Ar; namu~-dary~s = homemaker Lith;
but there's also normal x>a alt. seen in:
tun (n) tan (g) ; tanu-te:r = householder ; tanikH = roof ; tamal = roof Ar;
Many IE roots beginning with d- meant 'straight/right/fitting':
* dèm-x+ = make straight/right/fitting
* dèkY+ = straight > right/correct
* dèykY+ = straight > right/correct / finger > point (out)
* dèxY+ = be straight > line/rope > bind
* dèwk+ = go straight > lead
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> > Some time ago, I remember I read on the Net a study according to which
> the first element of Latin "materia" (whose first meaning was
> construction material, carpentry; cf. French "madrier" = "big pole",
> Portguese "madeira" = "wood") would come from *dmH2 > dma- > ma- (teria)
> >
> But Latin ma:teria has a long /a:/, and also your etymology won't
> explain the remainder of the word.
It is expected, just as in:
* dm-x-nus > * dmx-nus > * dm:-nus > * dma:-nus > ma:nus = good OL;
That this was the root is confirmed by the similar:
* dem-x-nó+ > * dem-a-nó+ > * dem-nó+ > * dew-no+ > dvenos = good OL; bonus L;
Now, to not simplify:
none of these words began with d- in PIE.