--- In Nostratica@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...>"
<tgpedersen@...> wrote:

>
> The "Pedersen system" (he immodestly said) is
> <verb>
> <verb>-g- actor
> <verb>-d- object
>
> eg. *k-r- "turn"
>
> the *k-r-g- (eg "ring") *k-r- 's ("encloses") the *k-r-d- (Latin
> cardo "axis", or cor, cordis "heart")
>
> Note that in Latin third declension consonant stems (those of them
> having a suffixed consonant outside of nom.sg., I don't believe
> nom.sg. lost that consonant) include stems in -d-, but not in -g-.
> Those in -g- have -g- also in nom.sg. (eg. rex, regs).

Correction: rex, regis.

>
> Torsten