Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

qwed117 · Post by **qwed117** » 15 Jun 2017 21:33

spanick wrote:Ok, I guess I'll ask the obvious but probably dumb question...is the first morpheme related to *sa?

No

Ashtăr Balynestjăr · Post by **Ashtăr Balynestjăr** » 15 Jun 2017 23:12

Have any consonants been lost from the first morpheme since PG?

qwed117 · Post by **qwed117** » 15 Jun 2017 23:59

Ashtâr Balînestyâr wrote:Have any consonants been lost from the first morpheme since PG?

Ashtăr Balynestjăr · Post by **Ashtăr Balynestjăr** » 16 Jun 2017 01:21

Is the first morpheme a verb in PG?

qwed117 · Post by **qwed117** » 16 Jun 2017 01:58

Ashtâr Balînestyâr wrote:Is the first morpheme a verb in PG?

Ashtăr Balynestjăr · Post by **Ashtăr Balynestjăr** » 16 Jun 2017 08:45

Adjective?

qwed117 · Post by **qwed117** » 16 Jun 2017 14:50

Ashtâr Balînestyâr wrote:Adjective?

Ashtăr Balynestjăr · Post by **Ashtăr Balynestjăr** » 17 Jun 2017 05:08

Does the initial s come from PG *s?

qwed117 · Post by **qwed117** » 17 Jun 2017 08:14

Ashtâr Balînestyâr wrote:Does the initial s come from PG *s?

spanick · Post by **spanick** » 21 Jun 2017 04:30

Are any of the lost consonants obstruants?

qwed117 · Post by **qwed117** » 21 Jun 2017 05:33

spanick wrote:Are any of the lost consonants obstruants?

Ashtăr Balynestjăr · Post by **Ashtăr Balynestjăr** » 21 Jun 2017 07:28

Has a PG *l been lost?

qwed117 · Post by **qwed117** » 21 Jun 2017 15:23

Ashtâr Balînestyâr wrote:Has a PG *l been lost?

Hint: in Proto-Germanic it wasn't a standalone morpheme.

spanick · Post by **spanick** » 21 Jun 2017 18:53

*sēmi-?

qwed117 · Post by **qwed117** » 21 Jun 2017 19:21

spanick wrote:*sēmi-?

spanick · Post by **spanick** » 21 Jun 2017 19:44

usurpation?

qwed117 · Post by **qwed117** » 21 Jun 2017 19:50

spanick wrote:usurpation?

zyma · Post by **zyma** » 12 Aug 2017 00:14

Could we perhaps have another hint?

qwed117 · Post by **qwed117** » 12 Aug 2017 03:36

Well the morphemes together are roughly "half-inheritance-thief-er". I don't think this should be rather hard.

All4Ɇn · Post by **All4Ɇn** » 12 Aug 2017 03:46

qwed117 wrote:Well the morphemes together are roughly "half-inheritance-thief-er". I don't think this should be rather hard.

Taxes?

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