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The idea of Proto-Indo-European (The Language), emphasized that, it has,…
The idea of Proto-Indo-European (The Language)
Semantics
The only clues one has to use are the meanings a root has in the various “daughter” languages
also
roots that are too vague to down any more exactly than that are made by over-simplification
Problem with the semantic element of the reconstruction of P.I.E
the difficult task is that a P.I.E word has a general meaning and a specific meaning
If the meaning changes from having a general meaning to a specific is called specialization
There are many P.I.E roots that have this characteristics
it is always difficult to say which of the 2 was the original one
If the meaning changes from specific to general, is called generalization:
it is not always clear which of them came first
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