Re: [tied] Tyrrhenian and its relation to IE

From: Marc Verhaegen
Message: 8646
Date: 2001-08-21

 
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Van: erobert52@... <erobert52@...>

BTW I think your suggestion:
>a
strange rule I've detected
>in Tyrrhenian whereupon, if the first vowel
is *a, the
>otherwise initial accent is placed on the _second_ syllable.
is really interesting. I've been wondering about this
strange aphaeretic/prothetic /a-/ (and /e-/ too?) that keeps
coming and going. This feature may be of relevance relating
to /pan-/ etc.     Ed. Robertson

 
Yes, it's a very strage rule. Are there comparable examples in other languages? Why with *a-?
 
Marc