[Histling-l] word equations

[Nathan Hill]

Dear Colleagues,

I am trying to look into the variation notions of cognancy (partial
cognate, oblique cognate, root cognate, etc.) and believe that 'word
equation' is the strictest notion of cognacy. It is a term that is very
common in Indo-European. I find it in effectively every work since 1990.
The trouble is that Indo-Europeanists take the idea so for granted that
they never say where it comes from. The earliest I have found is Szemerényi
1962, but there too he says nothing of consequence about it. Of course part
of the problem is that the internet finds very old and newer works easier
to find than things published between 1930 and 1960.

The other problem is I don't know how to say 'word equation' in French and
German so am less able to trace the idea. Oddly, despite its importance in
IE 'word equation' as a notion doesn't make much appearance in the usual
general handbooks (Campbell, Crowley, etc.).

I would be very grateful for any tips than anyone can offer about the
history of this term and any early articulations of it as an idea.

thank you very much,
Nathan
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