H1 and t??

Rick Mc Callister rmccalli at sunmuw1.MUW.Edu
Sat Apr 10 17:13:45 UTC 1999


Watkins distinguishes *med- & *me at - [with *me- being a shortened form of *me at -]
He has *met- as the source of mod- [modern, mode, modest, etc.], mete, and
empty AS aemetta from --I guess-- *a-met- "not measured, cut to measure,
regulated"

[ moderator snip ]

>As to *meH1- itself, it is interesting to note the variant *met-
>(Pokorny 2. me:-, me-t- "mow" (*H2meH1-/*H2met-) and 3. me:-,
>me-t- "measure", forms with *met-, like Slav. meto~ referenced
>there).  That looks like *metV ~ *meH1/*meH1C-.

>=======================
>Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
>mcv at wxs.nl
>Amsterdam



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