Re: [tied] Laryngeal theory as an unnatural

> What I say Is this: Neighbouring consonants caused the shift of wovel
> quality. Some of these were laryngeals, other not. I.E the wovel
> coloring from laryngeals is only a special instance of a coloring
> process that occured at one spesific period. Namely: Coloring of
> wovels from ajacent consonants.

From your original post, I thought you meant the e/o ablaut was caused by
laryngeals in at least some instances. That cannot be the case. Likewise
the "laryngeal colouring" cannot be caused by any other consonant. So they
are separate phenomena. And if oh2 does not colour, whereas eh2 does, then
the ablau e/o must develop before the laryngeal colouring, not at the same
time.

Peter