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--- In westasianconlangs@yahoogroups.com, "Isaac Penzev" <isaacp@...> wrote: > > habarakhe4 wrote: > > > > I haven't gotten very far, but here are some features of the more > > common radicals: > > III-W > > III-Y > > II-M/N > > I-S > > I'd love to know what it means... > > -- Yitzik > Would Pe, Ayin, and Lamedh be clearer than I, II, III? Lamedh-Waw roots come from the o- and u-declensions of Greek: ik_wo- > *yaqaw Lamedh-Yodh roots come from the Greek bilateral roots + the y that disappeared in Greek and gave contract conjugations: KAL+ Y > kaleyo > kaleo & > *kalay Ayin-Mem/Nun roots come from the n-insertion in certain IE roots: LAB > lambano/elabe & > *lamab Pe-Samekh roots come from the s- prefix often attached to the initial consonants of IE stems: pek > Lat. specio, Gk. skepyo & > *sakap