SV: compounds in -guu

Dear Jim,

<By "the root gaa" are you referring to a Pali/Sanskrit root or perhaps some
(proto-)IE root? In Paa.nini's Dhaatupaa.tha.h there is listed "gaa stutau">

I am referring to the root gaa recorded in Sanskrit literature, cf. e.g.
Whitney´s Roots and primary derivatives. It´s a proto-Indoeuropean
reconstruction. It is meant to be geH (H standing for a supposed laryngeal
with labial appendix /w/)

<The Pali grammarians derive "-guu" from the root "gam". See, for instance,
Kacc 536 (paaraadigamimhaa ruu). The "r" of the suffix "ruu" is an
indicatory letter that is dropped and Kacc 541 explains how gam + uu becomes
guu>

Yes, this is interesting, because it shows that they interpreted -guu as ga
like in Sanskrit. For instance, gata < gam is the zero grade of gam < gm+ta.
However, -guu is invariably ending in a long vowel, and that´s a problem,
which is difficult to explain with reference to the root gam.

Best wishes,
Ole

Best wishes,
Jim

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