Re: [tied] Re: Indo-European /a/

On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 13:19:37 +0000, elmeras2000
<jer@...> wrote:

>*ag- "treiben"
>
>Generally posited as *H2eg^-, laryngeal proved by Ved. í:jate from
>*Hí-Hg^-e-tor, but laryngeal colour unsupported; note Hitt. akkalan
>(acc., ntr.?) 'furrow' which speaks against *H2-. Root really *H1ag^-
>?

Well, Hitt. <akkalan> also speaks against *g^.

I read in Melchert that Oettinger sees <akkalan> not as
"furrow" as a kind of plow. A connection with *ok^-,
*o:k^-, *ak^- "sharp" seems likely (cf. *ok^eta: "Egge", and
the words with -l- formants listed in IEW).


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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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