Re: [tied] Timing of ablaut

There is a contradiction of sorts if we stick to the claim that original
*o is treated differently from *H3e. For these are the only examples I
have seen - certainly this time around - of *H3e. If the words mentioned
are disqualified as evidence this risks being a law formulated without any
examples for it to work on. Are you familiar with other positive examples
of *H3e > Skt. short /a/ in an open syllable? I have produced one myself,
but that showed a long /a:/.

Jens

On Wed, 1 Oct 2003, P&G wrote:

> >To accept such items as ávi-s, ápas- and ánas- as evidence you
> >*must* assume they have an open first syllable. That is correct for
> >ávi-, wrong for ánas-, and unsettled for ápas-.
>
> Quite right, but you make it sound as if this were a problem.
> If they have a closed first syllable, then they are simply irrelevant,
> not a
> contradiction.