Re: [tied] laryngeal three

From: P&G
Message: 38431
Date: 2005-06-08

>can onyone explain or try at least what is the usage of H3 in
> initial position in anatolian?!

No one else more competent has replied to your post, Wusika, so I'll tell
you what I've found. There was a post a long time on this list or another
which runs, more or less:
"There is some controversy about the fate of initial *h3- in Anatolian,
and the only thing about it specifically is Jens' article 'Initial h3 in
Anatolian: a vote for chaos', the abstract of which says that both Hittite
h- as in harganau, hapus-, and Hittite zero as in utne-ekuzi, arai- are
compelling. IE *h3 is reflected in Hittite as an unstable h-."

So in other words there is no clear answer.

Peter