tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post4444333188761579273..comments2023-09-24T05:45:23.811-05:00Comments on Paleoglot: What do I "know"?Glen Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-88730697901624802522008-08-27T18:07:00.000-05:002008-08-27T18:07:00.000-05:00Just to make sure others aren't confused (because ...Just to make sure others aren't confused (because sometimes <I>*I*</I> am and I sympathize with that, lol), Mehri is not the same thing as Arabic, but it is a Southern Arabian language. The triliteral <I>wdʕ</I> is confirmed by <A HREF="http://books.google.ca/books?id=2JkqX2ySkm8C&pg=PA421&vq=%22wd%60%22+%22to+know%22&dq=mehri+know+wd%60&source=gbs_search_s&sig=ACfU3U1tqcsdvq79ISAVzFPWcxP8L_eDiA"Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-33405206717663199422008-08-27T17:53:00.000-05:002008-08-27T17:53:00.000-05:00Phoenix: "I have some wtrouble with the *ā ~ *ei c...<B>Phoenix: <I>"I have some wtrouble with the *ā ~ *ei correspondence."</I></B><BR/><BR/>Yes, you should! It's total crap! Even <I>*I'm*</I> disgusted by my own words! Thanks for calling me on it. ;)<BR/><BR/>So here's the new explanation. These diphthongs are either the result of a Proto-Semitic diphthong (e.g. PSem <B>*waynu</B> > PIE <B>*wóino-</B>) or are a reflection of palatalization of Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-38068341267802935862008-08-27T16:37:00.000-05:002008-08-27T16:37:00.000-05:00Just for the fun of it, I looked up this root in m...Just for the fun of it, I looked up this root in my Arabic dictionary, and was surprised to find out it exists but with a VERY different meaning.<BR/><BR/>ودع<BR/>to put down, lodge, deposit (s.th.); (usually only in imperf. and imp.) to let, leave; to leave off, stop, cease; to give up, omit, skip <BR/><BR/>and that's just for stem I.<BR/>stem two II to see off, bid farewell<BR/>IV to put down, PhoeniXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627425696035152752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-8842059366025145512008-08-26T13:24:00.000-05:002008-08-26T13:24:00.000-05:00I have some trouble with the *ā ~ *ei corresponden...I have some trouble with the *ā ~ *ei correspondence. I can think of some thing though.<BR/>*ā may have been /æː/ in some contexts, as in arabic, which could have sounded like /eː/ to the indo-europeans. /eː/ has a tendency to diphthongize into /eːj/ or /ej/ (as it has done in my native languages, Dutch).<BR/><BR/>This though, would imply thaty indeed *ei diphthongs in indo-european itself may PhoeniXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627425696035152752noreply@blogger.com