Re: "Wife" (was: Homosexuality etc.)
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 28, 2003, 19:10 |
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Pavel Iosad scripsit:
> Is it really *_kwen_? I mean, I'd rather expect *_gwen_ in the
> traditional reconstruction, based also on Slavic *_z^ena_ rather than
> *_c^ena_, or OIr _ben_ rather than *_cen_ or whatever.
Absolutely: g_wen it is: OIr ben, ModPers zan. Gk gyne is from the zero-grade
version.
> See, it's not even OT :-)
Nothing about proto-language reconstruction can be OT, reconstructions
being by nature conlangs. (Except, of course, reconstruction _advocacy_.
"PIE rules, PAN drools!" Etc.)
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John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan www.reutershealth.com
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the shoulders of giants."
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