Slavic *mokrъ, Irish ainmech 'wet, rain'

  • Eric P. Hamp University of Chicago, Department of Linguistics
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-).

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Author Biography

Eric P. Hamp, University of Chicago, Department of Linguistics

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

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Published
2020-10-15
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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Vol 4 No 1 (2011)
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