kessar

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I feel really stupid for asking this, but I really do not see the text giving any other alternative, it purely gives the nominative *ǵʰésor. which could very well be the origin of kessar.

I tripped over Pre-IE the other day 2008
Phoenix: "Though I agree that the 'wt' environment is odd, or even impossible, just because the epenthetic vowel is to be dismissed there, I see no reason why it should be dismissed all together also in kessar."

I tripped over Pre-IE the other day 2008
Though I agree that the 'wt' environment is odd, or even impossible, just because the epenthetic vowel is to be dismissed there, I see no reason why it should be dismissed all together also in kessar.

I tripped over Pre-IE the other day 2008
I hardly think that kissarit "by hand" and kisseran "hand acc." are from **ǵʰsor- while nominative kessar is from *ǵʰésr̥.

I tripped over Pre-IE the other day 2008
kessar is one of the few clearly ablauting nouns in Hittite.

I tripped over Pre-IE the other day 2008