Uralic and IE

[Miguel Carrasquer Vidal]

mcv at wxs.nl (Miguel Carrasquer Vidal) wrote:

>I haven't got the time to check all the facts, but on p. 176 of
>Beekes Comparative IE, there's an interesting table, listing the
>possible PIE consonant/sonorant stems:

>n.  -s  -r/n  -l/n  -n  -i  -u
>mf. -s  -r    -l    -n  -i  -u  -k  -t  -nt  -m  -H1  -H2

>[ Moderator's comment:
>  I'm a little confused:  If *-t# > *-H_1# and *-k# > *-H_2#, what do you mean
>  by *-t and *-k in your table above?  Or are all of those to be read as *-t-,
>  *-k-, ktl.?
>  --rma ]

The dash is indeed confusing (Beekes does not use it here).  I
meant masc/fem. s-stems, r-stems etc., which in the nominative
sg. end either in -s or a lengthened vowel before the final stem
consonant (-:s, -:r, -is etc.).

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv at wxs.nl
Amsterdam