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^)>
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Benct Philip Jonsson -- melroch atte melroch dotte se
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c'est qu'elles meurent." (Victor Hugo)