... It is possible that if the PIE *kr,n.ós meant 'hard' and had a secondary meaning of 'hard excrescence' part of its meaning could have mixed with cornu: in...
An important point is that it has been noted that Hittite, Tocharian and Germanic (arguably the three most archaic branches of IE) always have *-o- as the...
... ======= Arnaud I disagree with the connection hoof = palm of hand, and I would rather posit : poL&-n The -m is not part of the root so I see no objection...
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... Does this mean that <dek'mt> "ten" is from *d(w)e-k'(o)mt "two hands, two fives, ten"? And Gmc <handuz> is from this same *k'omt-? Andrew Messages in this...
... The idea is that, in some languages at least, dG > dH (or equivalent), so yielding middle endings *-(o)mV(s)(dH)ai and *-(o)dHwoi, with for example the...
My own hypothesis is that, in the language from which PIE is derived, there was a word *T?SA, which meant 'body'; and from this, the middle (actually...
... The cluster is so rare that finding it in _one_ word would be a stroke of exceptionally god luck. I think it _may_ occur in the word for 'head' in Latin...
... Well, Skt pa:n.í-H 'hoof, palm' meant both, so it's connected at least in one time. ... All other IE branches showed m. ... *mel+, *gel+ 'project up (like...
... I think it _may_ occur in the word for 'head' ... *kakputó- ... something ... === Arnaud : The meaning "pot" = face, head for a root like *k-p also exists...
... ======= Arnaud As regards dek°m "ten" my point of view is that *dek is "finger" and -°m is "ten" as in Hurrian em-an "ten" As regard kmtom, I don't...
... derived, there was a word *T?SA, which meant 'body'; and from this, the middle (actually reflexive) endings in -*dh in IE are derived. ... ======== Arnaud ...
There are three voices, commonly. The active subject initiates an action towards an object or no object.. The middle subject initiates an action towards...
... ====== Arnaud It seems 2008 is not the year when you will stop making heavy pronouncements that something does not exist because *you* have been *unable*...
The Beinlich list search referenced below does produce xft, 'face' BUT NOT xf, 'pot'! Therefore, "There is no xf, '...pot'", is perfectly correct. The Beinlich...
Whatever else we might want to say about xf(.)t, it is an interesting word. I have long suspected a connection with IE *kap-, 'grasp'., and possibly *(s)kep-,...
... From: Brian M. Scott To: afyangh Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 11:10 AM Subject: [Courrier indésirable] Re[2]: [tied] Cluster kp- in Germanic ...
... FU 5 - *viite/*vitte 10 - *luka Häkkinen in her etymological dictionary discourages trying to equate Finnish 'kämmen' hand and 'kymmenen' 10 "for reasons...
