Re: [tied] Re: PIE */t/ > Hittite t, z / tt, zz

Petusek: >> 1. There's a note that PIE */t/ > Hitt. /z/ when followed >by /y/, is that >> correct?

Jens: >Yes: IE *-ti > HItt. -zi; 3rd person endings of verbs supply the >best know examples. A cluser *-ty- is present, e.g., in derivatives >in -zzis like hantezzis, gen. hantezziyas 'first' from an adver >hanti 'in front' + suff. *-tyo-. Petusek:

>> 2. There's a note that PIE */t/ > Hitt.

/zz/ intervocalicly, is

>that
>> correct?

Jens: >Not really. The unconditioned reflex of intervocalic *-t- is Hitt. - >tt-, but it may of course be assibilated before following /i/: >daskizzi 'takes repeatedly' from *-sk^é-ti.

Petusek: >> 3. If PIE */t/ > Hitt. /tt/, what were the conditions or >circumstances? Jens:

>That's the basic form. It is lenited to /t/ after long vowels, >perhaps also between unaccented vowels.

So, if I understand it well, it should be as follows:

PIE Hitt.

(C)t{V-{i,y}} > -t- (C)t{i,y} > -z-

{V}t{V-{i,y}} > -tt- {V:}t{V-{i,y}} > -t- {V}t{i,y} > -zz- Is that correct? Hm...I should have asked a different question: what are the possible reflexes of PIE *t in Hittite?

Thanks for any help and advice.

Pet'usek