[tied] Re: Russ. pilá

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, mkapovic@... wrote:

> But the question is why
> do we have the mobility here in BSl and not the fixed root stress?
>The
> same goes for Slavic *pivo, *z^ir7 (this we have already mentioned),
> *dar7, *z^iv7 etc.

...

>but how can you explain that PIE
> *gWriHwéh2 is a. p. 1 in Lithuanian (a. p. a in Slavic) and that PIE
> *gWih3wós is a. p. 3 in Lith. (a. p. c in Slavic)? Both are oxytona

in

> Vedic.

Hey, THAT was Miguel's point: Hirt's Law fails in the *iHC or *uHC
contexts if the laryngeal was h2 or h3. Actually, your examples
(*pih3u- > *pivo 'a drink', *gWih3ru- >*z^irU 'generous fare, fat',
*deh3r- > *darU 'gift', *gWih3wós > *z^ivU 'alive') further
strengthen his point, as does gWriHwéh2 > *griva 'mane', if
indeed "related in some way to *gWer(h3)- 'swallow'" (to quote EIEC).
This is indeed getting more and more interesting.

Sergei