Slavic *mokrъ, Irish ainmech 'wet, rain'

Authors

  • Eric P. Hamp University of Chicago, Department of Linguistics , Univerza v Chicagu, Oddelek za lingvistiko

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18690/scn.4.1.69–71.2011

Keywords:

Indo-European, etymology, Proto-Balto-Slavic, Celtic

Abstract

The author demonstrates the etymological connections among Baltic, Slavic, Albanian, and Celtic for the term 'wet', reflected in PIE *mek- (~ *mok-).

Author Biography

  • Eric P. Hamp, University of Chicago, Department of Linguistics, Univerza v Chicagu, Oddelek za lingvistiko

    Chicago, USA. E-mail: linguistics@uchicago.edu

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15.10.2020

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2011)

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How to Cite

P. Hamp, E. (2020). Slavic *mokrъ, Irish ainmech ’wet, rain’. Slavia Centralis, 4(1), 69–71. https://doi.org/10.18690/scn.4.1.69–71.2011

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