Piotr:
>The conventional reconstruction is based on the colour of the
>nil grade in Greek. *gWrH- > bro:-, so H = h3, while *gWrh2 would
>have given Gk. bra:.
If the full grade was *gWorx-, it would develop into Greek with
/-o-/ as well. However, while *gwrx- might normally become *bra:-,
would there not be a strong tendency to adopt the vowel of the
full grade despite?
Plus, I am having a hard time fitting a uvular *xW in the IE
consonant inventory. I mean, we have *x (a uvular corresponding
to *H2) which should be part of the uvular series (*K, *G, *GH).
And, just as there is a plain non-uvular counterpart for each
velar, there would be one for *x (ie: *h or *H1). The labial
varieties of *k, *g and *gH however do not appear to be uvularized
and so one would expect there not to be such a uvular labial as
*xW as one would expect to be the qualities behind *H3. So I find
myself compelled to reject *H3 and conclude that *H2 and *H3 are
the same unrounded uvular phoneme *x.
Am I mad?
- gLeN
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