Re: [tied] 1sg. -o: [was Re: IE Thematic Vowel Rule]

On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:17:22 +0100, P&G
<G&P@...> wrote:

>>> there's simply no credible way of acounting for the
>>>colour of the thematic vowel.
>...
>> As far as I can tell, only *-oh3 could have produced the
>> required acute.
>
>Is it possible that the "colour of the thematic vowel" is not -o- at all,
>but -e-, and that it was actually *-e-h3?

If we assume that *h3 was voiced, the thematic vowel should
be *-o-. If perchance *h3 wasn't voiced, *-e-h3 would give
-[oh3] as well, so it doesn't really matter.


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