linking i

[augerot]

Perhaps these are nouns derived from imperative phrases:
держиморда держидерево come to mind as parallel constructions. Even спасибо may be traced back to such a construction.

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james e. augerot ________________________________________________

On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 jdingley at YORKU.CA wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Spinning off from "vertolet", might someone tell me why we appear to
> have the link vowel "i" in "vertishejka" (Jynx torquilla):
> http://www.floranimal.ru/pages/animal/v/4672.html
> although "vertoshejka" also crops up:
> http://www.photodom.com/photo/523015
> There seem to be a few compounds with "i" as the link vowel around, e.g.
> "krutigolovka", "vertixvostka". Perhaps it has something to do with
> 2nd class verbs?
> I am aware of numeral compounds such as "pjatiletnij", but in these "i"
> is not a link vowel.
> Unless I have a bad case of "starost' ne radost'" (quite possible), if
> compounds are formed with a link vowel, that vowel is always either "o" or
> "e".
>
> John Dingley
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