The semantic development of IE *weid- to the meaning ‘know’ and the possible contrast with IE *gneh3

Trinidad Silva

doi:10.7764/onomazein.26.09

The semantic development of IE weid- to the meaning ‘know’ and the possible contrast with IE gneh3

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Trinidad Silva Department of Greek and Latin, University College London (Reino Unido)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7764/onomazein.26.09

Keywords:

indo-european, lexical pairs, polysemy, verbs for “to know”

Abstract

This study is an attempt to trace the semantic development of the ie root *weid- and the possible contrast with the lexical pair *gneh3-. The analysis covers cross-linguistic comparison assessed diachronically in connection with historical linguistic phenomena and synchronically by the examination of two particular Greek authors, Homer and Plato, and some examples in the use of living languages such as Spanish, French and German.

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Trinidad Silva, Department of Greek and Latin, University College London (Reino Unido)

Dirección postal: 12a Sach Road, London e5 9LJ, Reino Unido

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Published

2012-12-31 — Updated on 2012-12-31

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How to Cite

Silva, T. (2012). The semantic development of IE *weid- to the meaning ‘know’ and the possible contrast with IE *gneh3. Onomázein, (26), 259–277. https://doi.org/10.7764/onomazein.26.09