Beiträge zur Kunde der Indogermanischen Sprachen, Vol. 20 (Classic Reprint) Buchkatalog

Excerpt from Beiträge zur Kunde der Indogermanischen Sprachen, Vol. 20Though the lengthening of vowels in Irish by way of compensation for a lost consonant has often been noted in isolated cases, the subject is one that has never been syste mati cally treated as a whole. The unsatisfactory state of the question was forced upon the writer's notice by a remark of Dr. Richard Schmidt in Vol. I. Of Indogermanische For schungen to the efi'ect that for der 'tear' 'dacm, o.w. Door, one might have expected *ddr. That dér stands for *dacru there can be no doubt. But should dm have given ddr? The investigation of this question led on to the con sideration of other similar problems, until at last it seemed desirable to bring together and discuss as many instances as possible of such compensatory lengthening with a view to determining the laws by which it is governed. For the sake of completeness there have also been included those combina tions of which the laws are already known. It is not to be expected that all the details of this difficult subject have been finally settled: a further analysis of words that have hitherto defied analysis will doubtless fill up some gaps and correct some of the following statemente. But it is hoped that some thing may have been done to advance the question, and to clear the way for further research.The investigation of the question has of necessity led to the putting forward of many new etymologies. Of the pro bability or improbability of the combinations the reader must in each case judge.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.