The Proto-Indo-European word *mori is one of the many words that have been reconstructed for the language without much debate. It is present in enough of the daughter languages, and follows the expected sound change laws that we would expect, and so may be confidently added to the dictionaries and word lists. The only problem … Continue reading PIE *mori and PAA *m·r – Are they related?
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The Indo-European and Afroasiatic negative particles – A common origin
Proto-Indo-European (PIE) has two securely reconstructable negative particles, *ne and *mē. I believe that these two clearly correspond with, and are descended from the Proto-Afroasiatic (PAA) negative particles *n- and *m-.The Proto-Indo-European negative particlesThe first of the two negative particles is usually reconstructed as *ne, and is understood to mean 'not'. Some argue for an … Continue reading The Indo-European and Afroasiatic negative particles – A common origin
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