Re: [tied] PIE *leuk

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 25345
Date: 2003-08-26

26-08-03 23:12, alex wrote:

> is there any IE language known where the the /eu/ > /i/ and the form of
> PIE *leuk looks with the cluster "lik"?

Yes, German. *leuk-t- > PGmc. *leux-t- > OHG lioht > MHG lieht >
Mod.Ger. Licht (quite similarly in Middle English, but loss of the
fricative, compensatory lengthening and the Great Vowel Shift have produced

/liƧt/ > /li:t/ > Mod.Eng. /laIt/).

Piotr