Principles of reconstruction.

[ualarauans]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "llama_nom" <600cell at ...> wrote:
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> 
> > > > 4. tugga "to chew"
> 
> *'tuggwon'.

PG *kewwanan > Go. *kiggwan, OE cíowan, ON tyggva?

> > > > 6. däggdjur "mammal"
> > 
> The complication here is knowing how to make the compound.  The 
Gothic
> verb is 'daddjan' "to suckle", so maybe *'daddi-dius'? That's
> supposing we can treat the verb as ja- and jo-stem nouns are treated
> when they form the first element of compounds. I'm not sure if there
> are any examples of this with a Weak Class 1 verb though.

daddjando dius?

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