Re: [tied] Re: IE thematic presents and the origin of their themati

On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:43:44 +0000, elmeras2000
<jer@...> wrote:

>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Rob" <magwich78@...> wrote:
>
>>
>> Is there any verbal root which has both forms? (I ask because, so
>> far, it seems that the answer is "no". For example, there is no
>word
>> *bhe:r to contrast with *bho:r.)
>
>IEW gives some Germanic reflexes of *bhe:r-, as OHG, OS ba:ra, OE
>bae:r f. `Bahre'. Since there is apparently no PIE
>wordtype "*bhe:raH2" this does look like the continuation of a root
>noun.

Yes, but which one? It could be *<bhe:r-> with inherent
long vowel (and hypothetical accusative *<bhé:rm.>), or it
could be *<bher->, with long vowel only in the nominative,
by Szemerényi's law, and hypothetical accusative *<bhérm.>.
There's no way to tell.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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