[tied] Re: Short and long vowels

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
wrote:

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> Patrick:
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> Might it be possible that these Anatolian responses are to be

likened to

> Greek h- for consonantal w-?
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No. PIE *w > Anatolian w. In this particular case we also have an
Armenian reflex with h-. In Armenian PIE *w > g or v.