Reconstruction talk:Proto-Indo-European/h₂énteros
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Lithuanian antras ? --Fsojic (talk) 19:27, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
- Is this really an Alternative form of *álteros? Or a somewhat related, selfstanding term (*án- + *-teros vs. *ál- + *-teros)? There are Indic and Iranian languages which support the first element *án- (Sanskrit anyá- "other, different" and ántara- "different from"; as well as Baltic and Slavic descendants of *ánteros). Leasnam (talk) 05:45, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
- I don't know. I suppose if something is an alternative form it doesn't necessarily have to be from the same root, as long as the two forms are used (seemingly) interchangeably? —CodeCat 10:32, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
- It has a different etymology. I would call it a synonym or related term based on sharing the second element. There may also be another syn: *wi-teros. Leasnam (talk) 14:55, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
- The suffix -ter- is used for words that indicate an opposition between two things. I don't know what the first elements mean, though. Are there any languages that preserve both an- and al-? —CodeCat 15:26, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
- ályos is the first element of *álteros; *án- is a particle basically meaning the same thing: "other". I believe if there also exists a third, *witeros, *wi- is from the root of wide/videre "separate, different, other". Leasnam (talk) 16:08, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
- The suffix -ter- is used for words that indicate an opposition between two things. I don't know what the first elements mean, though. Are there any languages that preserve both an- and al-? —CodeCat 15:26, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
- It has a different etymology. I would call it a synonym or related term based on sharing the second element. There may also be another syn: *wi-teros. Leasnam (talk) 14:55, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
- I don't know. I suppose if something is an alternative form it doesn't necessarily have to be from the same root, as long as the two forms are used (seemingly) interchangeably? —CodeCat 10:32, 23 January 2013 (UTC)