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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:
> What does a:-yunak(t)- mean?
'He yoked, harnessed (the horse)', 3sg ipf of yuj-. The padapa:t.ha
has ayunak, but the samhita /a:/ is supported by the metre.
Note that also Gk. /h-/ may cause lengthening, as shown many years
ago by Martin Peters: Attic hí:e:mi 'I send, throw' from *Hyi-HyeH1-
mi. For anyone who accepts breaking in iH2/iH3, this is unambiguosly
from *H1yi-H1yéH1-mi.
I see three possibilities, about equally probable:
(1) H1y- and y- > Gk. /h-/
H2y- and H3y- > Gk. z-.
(2) H1y- and H2y- > Gk. /h-/
y- and H3y- > Gk. z-
(3) y-, H1y- and H2y- > Gk. /h-/
H3y- > Gk. z-
Under (1) the two strong laryngeals cause a stronger output; under
(2) the two voiceless laryngeals devoice the output; under (3) only
the strong voiced laryngeal H3 yields the strong voiced output. In
all three theories H1y- and H3y- yield h- and z- respectively.
Jens