Re: [tied] PIE *leuk

Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

> 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
>
> /liçt/ > /li:t/ > Mod.Eng. /laIt/).
>
> Piotr

that is OK with it; the problem which I have with Germanic is that it
changed the k > h in a very early period ( end of it presumab. 500-300
BC), thus is of no use for explaining the romanian form:-(

Alex