Re: [tied] Re: Ie. *laywos/leh2iwos (was: ka and k^a)

On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 22:47:24 +0000, Sergejus Tarasovas
<s.tarasovas@...> wrote:

>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:
>
>> *ah2i would produce a circumflex, at least that's what
>> happens in the Auslaut (Lith -ai, no Saussure's law).
>
>Yes, but I wonder whether it would trigger Hirt's law. To produce a
>pitch accent and to trigger Hirt's law is not the same, is it?

Hirt's law is triggered by an unvocalized (consonantal)
laryngeal. In *ah2i, the laryngeal is vocalized (ah2i > a&i

> a:i, already in "Indo-Hittite"), so no Hirt.

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