Re: Family terms [was: Kluge's Law in Italic?]

From: stlatos
Message: 68574
Date: 2012-02-17

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "dgkilday57" <dgkilday57@...> wrote:

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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "stlatos" <stlatos@> wrote:

> > The important thing is there is no ev. for *-dHlo- anywhere, especially where tH and dH survived as distinct sounds (Skt).
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> You have not convinced me that there is no ev. in Skt., which does have a few adjectives ending in -dhras and nouns ending in -dhram, -dhras, or -dhri:.
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What does that matter? There's no question that roots ending in dh could have adj. in ro like any other (*aidh > vi-idhra-, grdh > gr.dhra-, etc.); it's only the supposed unit *-dhlo- that doesn't exist, w no such words meaning '_ tool', etc., in Skt.