Re: [tied] Re: Derivations 15 sun

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 34785
Date: 2004-10-20

On 04-10-20 02:58, Miguel Carrasquer wrote:

> That's Old Irish <irar>, <ilar>. Initial e- (as in Baltic)
> is strange, but may perhaps be due to dissimilation at the
> stage *oro:l > *ero:l.

Or rather to the general instability of the contrast between initial *e-
and *a- (also < *(h3)o-) in Balto-Slavic.

PIotr