[tied] Re: Indo-European /a/

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> 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).

I do not find any examples showing a difference between *-gl- and *-
kl-, let alone *-g-tl- and *-k-tl-. I am aware that this only
weakens the probative value if the etymological suggestion.

Jens