Re: [tied] Old Bulgarian izU

It couldn't, because this *i vowel (as well as *i in *ir, *il, *in,
*im appearing as reflexes of PIE syllabic liquids and nasals) is a
late dialectal affair, completely independent of the question where
PIE *i's come from.

BTW, what exactly do you mean by "*i derived from *y"? Derived in
what sense? In terms of abstract synchronic analysis, or
historically? If the latter, do you envisage a pre-Proto-IE language
that has consonantal [j] but no vocalic [i]?

Piotr

--- In cybalist@..., "Patrick C. Ryan" <proto-language@...> wrote:
> Dear Piotr and Cybalisters:
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>> ... Slavic *Iz and Baltic *is^ may be just such weak forms of
late dialectal origin.

> [PCR]
> In your opinion, could this unusual <i/I> be used to support the
idea of an IE *i independent of that derived from *y?