> [[hajnal]]; [[zipser]]. Article in [[journal-if]]v118. > "Phrasem und Nominalkompositum". > [doi](https://doi.org/10.1515/indo.2013.118.2013.227) > [pdf](a/hajnal-zipser2013.pdf) ## Abstract > `The reconstruction of Indo-European poetic language treats nominal compounds as proper evidence for old “formulae”. It is thereby supposed that nominal compounds found in old Indo-European languages are fusions of former fixed phrases, i. e. “phrasems” (process of “univerbation”). But the assumed process of grammaticalization cannot be maintained. Moreover, nominal compounds in Indo-European arise directly from free phrases and therefore cannot be viewed as evidence for old “formulae”.`