... Of course not! We know that some sound changes are socially motivated, for example, social climbing, or group identity. So when young people today say ...
... Yes, the meanings seems obvious from a logical point of view...but what are the PIE roots implied here? I mean, for 'nurser' and for 'feeder'? On my side I...
... From: "alexandru_mg3" <alexandru_mg3@...> To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 5:30 AM Subject: Re: [tied] Etymology of PIE...
... motivated, for ... today say ... phonetics. I agree, that the motivations are not linguistic (it's not "art for art sake" here :)). If 'we apply' a...
... *****GK: (1)There were no Scythian invasions of "Dacia and Balkans" in the 3rd-5th c. AD. As Pliny the Elder remarked ca. 77 AD "nomen Scytharum...
... root is ... No, the root is PIE *pe/oh2(i) 'to protect, to guard' -> for the forms in o => see PIE *poh2i-men > Lithuanian piemuõ 'sheperd' and Greek ...
... The last Iranian invaders (together with the Alanic tribes (that were also): Roxolani and Alani) were the Iazyge and I don't understand why you have put a...
... Regarding the Sarmatian ans Scythian links: "Sarmatians spoke a language cognate with Scythian" " Sarmatians, Sarmatae or Sauromatae (the second form is...
... ****GK:(1) I don't. The quote around 'Sarmat' merely indicates that by the 3rd c. Iazygi and Roxolani had begun to mix on the north Danubian plains. Their ...
Why look so far afield? Hittite pai- (to go) leaves us with an original meaning of 'the goer' (he goes hunting, he goes to war, &c). Just a thought ......
... ******* I was curious who the historians are who "believe they were descended from ....Amazons". The article cited doesn't say. Sciencedaily home page...
... From: "alexandru_mg3" <alexandru_mg3@...> To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 8:57 AM Subject: Re: [tied] Etymology of PIE...
... (just where ... It's a nursery word. Across many languages we find word for father that look like pa, ?ap, ?ab, apa, appa, etc. ... believe in a ... ...
... Egyptian ... *H2ewo-s as ... Well if we're going to look at other languages families (which given the nature of this list we probably shouldn't, unless...
... George, I'm very confused about your position "maybe maybe not etc...". Please be more clear... I. a) Any of the Scythian tribes (let's talk here about...
... _any_ ... Again, I need to say : I fully agree with you, on this pseudo- 'nursery' concept ... itself, a ... futurity ... seem to ... of a ... Otherwise,...
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... might lie ... accused ... Would climate have something to do with it? Colder climates may require more effort to pronunce certain sounds thus compelling...
... Interestingly, perhaps, the Baltic word continues in Finnish as 'paimen' - herdsman. We come almost full circle with 'lapsenpaimen' lit. child's overseer...
On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 17:36:36 +0000, aquila_grande ... It may also have had a past continuous meaning from the beginning, a possibility I overlooked. ... ...
On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 13:42:59 -0600, Patrick Ryan ... That's not the point. The point is that nursery words are re-created with every new generation, so they...
... *dMs-peH3-ti-s, 'lord ... word - no ... Why would you like PS *?ab(w) with PIE *h2ewos? ... Not if PIE is doing the borrowing. ... shamans, we ... ...
At 5:37:01 PM on Sunday, January 1, 2006, Patrick Ryan ... [...] ... Parental interpretation and reinforcement combining with the normal sequence of...
... ****GK: Perhaps the confusion is mutual. We've reestablished that Scythians are not Sarmatians and vice versa. Your initial contention was, it seems, that...
... Sure, and that's how words like pa and ma keep getting reintroduced into languages. Not sure what your point was. ... laryngeal. ... Look at the words for...
