[B-Greek] Re: klaiw
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at juno.com
Sun Jun 26 17:27:50 EDT 2005
On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 15:25:28 -0500 (CDT) <cmeadows3 at verizon.net> writes:
> Hello all,
>
> A question about the old vau (digamma)...
>
> Looking at klaiw - future kausomai.
>
> I guess the stem was originally klaf. Smyth writes it as "(klau,
> klaf)". Is it correct to say that vau WAS consonantal upsilon? Or
> was there a separate entity? What does Smyth mean when he lists the
> stem as both klau and klaf?
>
> Thanx.
>
> C Meadows
> Marshall University
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If you will accept the number "3" as a digamma, the root was KLA3-yW
where the "y" is the i-glide. Please cite the section number when
referring to Smyth.
george
gfsomsel
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