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    Default Re: Linguistic Question About Getai

    Quote Originally Posted by Basileos ton Ellenon
    maybe a loan from pre-IE extinct substrata
    very possible - interesting line of thought...


    maybe not immediately obvious is the basis for their assumption which is that the expected outcome of palatalization (Satem):

    *mend > *menz

    [the only reason I think of it immediately (strange thought) is because i had to research it to reconstruct Pre-Balto-Slavic ]

    possibly *man+d (derivational suffix; also can be past participle)
    http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/res...77&root=config

    FYI - the various *m(A)nd are stemming from IE ablaut gradation, which you might already know

    http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/res...32&root=config

    http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/res...34&root=config > http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/res...19&root=config
    <=> http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/l...yMaster-X.html


    [edit] sorry i didn't see your other post, but i still wanted to share (i guess i made time, hehe)
    Last edited by blitzkrieg80; 11-29-2008 at 06:37.
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