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

From: tgpedersen
Message: 40854
Date: 2005-09-29

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Rob" <magwich78@...> wrote:
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
> >
> > > >If you proposed instead *eN -> *aN -> *a, *oN -> *o, you could
> > > >account for a/o ablaut.
> > >
> > > What a/o Ablaut?
> > >
> >
> > Lat. mare, Slav. more etc.
>
> IE *o and *a become Slavic *o. So there is no a/o Ablaut here.
>

Sorry, I should have mentioned
facio:, fe:ci:
capio:, ce:pi:

where the latter half should have o-grade (althought it doesn't).


Torsten