tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569985457770997949.post4052532759811034293..comments2024-02-19T12:11:32.695+01:00Comments on Language Evolution: A Great Indo-European *BʰlogPiotr Gąsiorowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06339278493073512102noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569985457770997949.post-70350900200478844682022-03-28T14:02:34.911+02:002022-03-28T14:02:34.911+02:00Saudi Arabia, Resolution No. (277) of 1443
Saud...<a href="https://communicationdubai.com/laws/saudi-arabia-resolution-no-277-of-1443-57093" rel="nofollow"> Saudi Arabia, Resolution No. (277) of 1443 </a><br /><a href="https://communicationdubai.com/laws/saudi-arabia-minister-of-tourism-resolution-no-4268-of-1443-57092" rel="nofollow"> Saudi Arabia, Minister of Tourism Resolution No. (4268) of 1443 </a><br /><a href="https://communicationdubai.com/laws/saudi-arabia-minister-of-human-resources-and-social-development-resolution-no-92768-of-1443-57091" rel="nofollow"> Saudi Arabia, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development Resolution No. (92768) of 1443 </a><br /><a href="https://communicationdubai.com/laws/united-arab-emirates-circular-no-3-issued-on-21-4-1980-50690" rel="nofollow"> United Arab Emirates, Circular No. (3) Issued On 21 - 4 - 1980 </a><br />Legal Translation Company in Dubaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12100134093346014583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569985457770997949.post-72429998967032343822014-07-27T23:27:20.942+02:002014-07-27T23:27:20.942+02:00Oops, I mean *dʰwórom. I have no problem with the ...Oops, I mean *<b>dʰwórom</b>. I have no problem with the accent.Piotr Gąsiorowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06339278493073512102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569985457770997949.post-68015098100716316652014-07-27T23:15:04.474+02:002014-07-27T23:15:04.474+02:00Well, the heading of the welcome message is *Dʰu̯ó...Well, the heading of the welcome message is *<b>Dʰu̯órom</b> *<b>Bʰl̥gés</b>, where the second word can only be the genitive of a root noun similar to Greek <i>pʰlóks, pʰlogós</i> (and presumably with roughly the same meaning), so I suppose this is the offcial interpretation of the name of the *Bʰlog. I would take issue with the inflection, though: a root noun with *<b>o</b> in the strong cases would normally have been acrostatic (at least in PIE proper), so the genitive should be something like *<b>bʰléks</b>. Actually, if the root-final consonant is a "plain" velar, I would expect a-colouring in the weak cases (*<b>bʰláks</b>), but this is my private hypothesis, not yet published. Anyway, the zero grade of the genitive must be late and secondary ;-)<br /><br />I also wonder why a thematic *<b>dʰworóm</b> is used for 'door, gate'. It's clear that the PIE prototype was a consonantal stem (*<b>dʰwor-</b>/*<b>dʰur-</b>), quite probably a collectivum or plurale tantum, and the derivative *<b>dʰworóm</b> had a related but different meaning ('court, area behind the door'), cf. Latin <i>forum</i> and OCS <i>dvorъ</i> 'court' vs. <i>forēs</i>, <i>dvьrь</i> 'door'. I suppose Andrew Byrd would argue that the heading still makes sense as a late "dialectal" phrase.Piotr Gąsiorowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06339278493073512102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569985457770997949.post-87713689412492444722014-07-26T23:46:58.126+02:002014-07-26T23:46:58.126+02:00It looks like my first comment was lost, so I'...It looks like my first comment was lost, so I'll try once more. A reflex of a PIE *bhlog- could be found in Greek phloks, phlog- 'flame' (IEW 124-125 *bheleg-). But I doubt that people would project the Greek word all the way back to PIE. And any pun in that is over my head.<br /><br />Or are there better alternatives?<br /><br />Anyway, great that you'll continue your blog soon, I've been considering a hammer for quite some time now :-)Andershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450011985307557883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569985457770997949.post-43908600423205321572014-07-23T12:15:02.265+02:002014-07-23T12:15:02.265+02:00As a postscript to my recommendation: has anyone f...As a postscript to my recommendation: has anyone figured out what *<b>bʰlog-</b> would have meant as a PIE root noun (of course with appropriate inflections)? I'm not asking the Bhlogger, who obviously intended to pun on the potential interpretation of <i>blog</i> in Indo-European terms.Piotr Gąsiorowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06339278493073512102noreply@blogger.com