The pronunciation of post-velars (was Re: [tied] *kW- "?")

From: tgpedersen
Message: 40347
Date: 2005-09-23

> Or rather, both *k and *h2 together colour the
> intervening *e to /A/. Still, the phoneme must be
> *e here.
>

I still haven't heard your answer to whether *k and *h2 back pre-PIE *e
to PIE *a, or they keep pre-PIE *a from being fronted to PIE *e.


Torsten