Re: [tied] The origin of *ek^wos and *o:k^u-... A mystery solved

--- In cybalist@..., Miguel Carrasquer Vidal <mcv@...> wrote:

> I'm wondering though, whether the traditional explanation, that

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> *o:k^ú- "fast" with *h2ak^-(u-)/*h2ok^-(u-) "sharp" is not to be
> preferred. Pokorny's "schnell (scharf in der Bewegung)" is not some
> semantical handwave, but is backed up by Latin <accipiter> (*aku-

peter

> "sharp-flying") and Slavic <jastre(~)bU> (*o:k^r- "fast"), both
> meaning "hawk, falcon". If so, then the laryngeal in *o:k^ú- is

*h2,

> and any link with *h1ek^wos is off.

But does h2o:- yiels _acute-stressed_ Slavic *a? The laryngeal is
before the vowel here, after all, and Serbo-Croatian and Russian
point to an acute-stressed *a in *astre,bU : *astro,bU. Again, Slavic
doesn't know *a'str- 'sharp' (thoiugh it knows *astrU '=*astre,bU'),
only *ostrU. Survival of the vrddhied grade in the hawk/falcon-word
only should be explained.

Sergei