`cognate'

[Sean Crist]

On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Larry Trask wrote:

>> I'm sure it says PIE *<p at ter> in your manuscript (+ diacritics on the
>> <e>).

> Yes, it does, and my posting should have read `p at ter', but I slipped up.

At least according to Don Ringe, this word should be reconstructed
*pH2te'r.  I should ask him what the arguments are in favor of that
reconstruction, since I don't know myself.

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