Re: [tied] Re: Short and long vowels

> Instead of three laryngeals which colored one vowel to three vowels,
> may there have been initially three vowels which colored one
> laryngeal to three laryngeals?
> Since they
> are already associated with the three vowels, it might not be
> necessary to assume they have coloring properties.

Unfortunately there are a number of situations where they are not associated
with vowels /e o a/, for example the neuter plural ending -ih2, or the
"prothetic" vowels (< H1, or H2 or H3) in Armenian and Greek.

Peter