Re: [tied] The Tale

Sure, *h3owis (*xWowis) as well as *h2ne:r (*xne:r) and *h1esti (*?esti, *hesti or whatever), etc. It isn't exactly my dialect of PIE either. Lehmann and Zgusta simply wanted to make Schleicher's fable look less out of date, but I don't believe they took that exercise in dead earnest themselves.

Piotr

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From: Glen Gordon

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Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 8:02 PM

Subject: [tied] The Tale

About that tale, shouldn't it be more like this?... XWawis ekwo:s kWe ----------------- GWere:i xWawis, wlxnax ne est kWe, ekwons speket, oinom ghe gWrum woghom weghontm, oinom kWe megxam bhorom, oinom kWe ghmenm o:ku bherontm. Nu xWawis ekwobhyos wekWet, "Ke:r aghnutoi moi ekWons agontm nerm widentei." E ekwo:s wekWont, "Kludhi, owei, ke:r ghe aghnutoi nsmei widntbhyos -- ne:r, potis, owio:m wlxnaxm sebhi ghWermom westrom kWrneuti. Ne-ghi owio:m wlxnax esti." Tot kekluwo:s, owis agrom ebhuget. Just curiosity. Gee, one might even be tempted to do a Mid IE version but unfortunately words like *ekwos or *wlkWos are strictly late IE words it would seem ;( Hmmm... "XWewi-se [horse]-es kWe"... - gLeN