/Anatolian /-nt-/ and Greek /-nth-/

Tue Mar 9 16:22:21 UTC 1999

So this would be the same root as the 3rd Singular verb ending -nt- ?
e.g. Latin ama-nt "love-they all"

>iffr762 at utxvms.cc.utexas.edu wrote:

[ moderator snip ]

>>I suppose we could say that the form was originally
>>/-ndh-/, but the Anatolian forms in /-nt/ are generally considered older.

>The IE etymon is *-nt- (probably identical to the
>Luwian/Slavic/Tocharian collective (plural) suffix *-(e/o)nt-).
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>Miguel Carrasquer Vidal

Rick Mc Callister
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