Lynx (was Re: Uralic and IE)

Miguel Carrasquer Vidal mcv at wxs.nl
Thu Apr 8 00:04:13 UTC 1999


"Peter &/or Graham" <petegray at btinternet.com> wrote:

>Lynx was surely intended by whoever mentioned it as an example.   It is not
>the only Greek word ending in -nx.   There is also syrinx (shepherd's pipe),
>and of course sphinx, and (shame on you all for not spotting it!) larynx.
>These are all -ng stems.

I wated to use larynx or pharynx, but they are -ng stems.  The
animal is an -nk stem.  Lugx, lugkos.  There's also lugx, luggos
"hiccup".

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv at wxs.nl
Amsterdam



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