Re: [tied] "u" versus "a"

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "petegray" <petegray@...> wrote:

> > Doesn't the fact that the starting point is the vowel /a/, thus

the

> > words may all be 'mots populaires', thus possibly loans, upset

that

> > neat picture?
>
> [Screams loudly]
> The vowel /a/ is the "starting point" because you have deliberately

excluded

> all other present tense vowels. There are many examples of reduced

vowels,

> or zero grade *-l.- which produce Latin -ul-.
>

[speaking normally]
I did? I dont recall having decided which roots should be discussed.
Maybe you are confuing me with someone else.
I suppose what you are trying to say is that since there are other
roots with vowels other than /a/ the whole development must be intra-
Latin?


Torsten