The evolution of compound words...

[Swoka Swizaw]

I was just interested what you all think about the evolution of the compound words we have...

The one that comes to mind first is 'awnìm. I can imagine that the phrase 'ì'awn alìm was used to explain someone/something avoiding something else. Did this begin to contract over time? The same for prrku, womb, or any other contraction?

I suppose that the question I am asking is, is there an "order" in which words develop? I know this is sort of hard to answer, sort of to the point it's almost ridiculous to try, but am I making sense? How language forms through the forming of words fascinates me, which is why I ask. Looking back at the examples above, might "womb" have been prrnen kelku? There was no particular order (of importance) for "womb", because they had developed it from the words that meant baby and house?

Really, does this make sense?

[Blue Elf]

When we get compound word, at Naviteri you usually can see the way how it was developed. Often when two word form the compound, some letters are lost, but here are no rules which one should be trimmed. IMHO it depends just on our great teacher Paul.
But it is good idea to know how compound is created - it helps me to remember meaning

[Plumps]

It is an interesting point though from the point of view of the development of the language.

At least tì'efumì oeyä, I have the impression that there were more (unchanged) compounds (see, tireaioang, tireafya'o). Now, a lot of words that have their origin from other parts of speech seem to be clipped, eladed etc. Just a subjective observation. In the grand scheme of things (I hope) there will be a good balance of these