Re: [tied] laryngeal three

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

There is also an article
INITIAL LARYNGEALS IN ANATOLIAN
by FREDERIK KORTLANDT
www.kortlandt.nl\publications\art202e.pdf

"...initial *H2- and *H3- yielded h- before *-e- and zero before *-o- in
Armenian and Albanian and ... the same development may be established for
Hittite, e.g. harp- 'separate' < *H3erbh- versus ark- 'mount' <
*H3org^h-ey-, Gr. orphanós, órkhis ..."

P.A.