Re: [tied] Re: Short and long vowels

On 7/16/05, Patrick Ryan <proto-language@...> wrote:

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: elmeras2000
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 11:12 AM
> Subject: [tied] Re: Short and long vowels
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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-
> language@...> wrote:
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> What do you mean by "by pre-PIE"? How far pre? By PIE, we know with
> certainty that three distinct laryngeals existed. They cause three
> distinct sets of secondary developments in Greek. There is no way
> that can be accounted for by a system containing only two
> laryngeals.
> Jens

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thetos, verbal adjective, derived from zero-grade *dH1-tos 'placed' of
the verb *dhe:- 'to set, put', contracted from *deH1-.
So, we have H1 = e.

statos, verbal adjective, derived from zero-grade form *stH2-tos
'standing' of the verb *sta:- 'to stay', contracted from *steH2-
So, we have H2 = a

dotos, verbal adjective, derived from zero-grade *dH3-tos 'gived' of
the verb *do:- 'to give', contracted from *deH3- (cf. also Gk. dosis
< *dH3-ti, beside full-grade *do:-ro > doron 'gift'; -ti is a suffix
of creatin the abstract nouns).
So we have H3=o

That's all folks!

Konushevci