Re: Laryngeal theory as an unnatural

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

> On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 15:45:43 +0200, alex <alxmoeller@...> wrote:
> >Not this way. From the original root derives surata and insura.

Both

> >means semanticaly "to comme together"
>
> Phantasy. What Lat. uxor (*(y)ug-sor) and soror (*swe-sor) have

in common

> is the element *sor "woman".
>
> >Is the "y" used in Pokorny kind of "i" or "u" or "iu" or what

kind of

> >sound is this?
>
> Pokorny doesn't use <y>

Please try not to be so careless in your citations.

Other IEists do use "y". "i_" as it appears in the on-line copy of
Pokorny and "y" in other authors (and usually used on this list)
mean the same thing, namely the same as IPA [j], German [j] and the
French and English _consonant_ "y".

Richard.