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Re: CV metathesis Q

From:Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Monday, August 25, 2008, 16:08
Jörg Rhiemeier skrev:
> Hallo! > > This discussion reminds me of a well-known phenomenon in > Proto-Indo-European: "Schwebeablaut". Some roots in PIE > show an alternation between the type *CReC- and the type > *CeRC-, e.g. *deiw- ~ *dyew- 'sky, god'. > > ... brought to you by the Weeping Elf >
Called _samprasarana_ [s@mpr@'sA:r@n`@] 'drawing asunder' in Sanskrit, which perhaps is a more convenient word in English (heck, you already borrowed _svarabhakti_, and _sandhi_...) /BP 8^)> -- Benct Philip Jonsson -- melroch atte melroch dotte se ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "C'est en vain que nos Josués littéraires crient à la langue de s'arrêter; les langues ni le soleil ne s'arrêtent plus. Le jour où elles se *fixent*, c'est qu'elles meurent." (Victor Hugo)