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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, glen gordon <glengordon01@...>
wrote:

> Piotr:
> > One should be careful with adverbs like "ever".
> > The colouring by the *K series was inconsistent.
> > We have well-attested roots like *s)ker-, *sek-
> > or *legH-, which don't show any a-colouring.
>
> Yes, I don't doubt that they are reconstructed but
> I'm still skeptical as to whether they are
> reconstructed properly. Afterall, if long vowels
> are not prone to colouring, should we not ask
> ourselves whether these roots are in fact long-grade?
> Hence: *sqe:r-, *se:q- and *le:GH-.
>
> What shows conclusively that we are dealing with
> short *e in these roots?
>

*(s)ker- is a well-known wanderword
*legh- has a cognate in Kartvelian (Gamkrelidze) for some funny
reason.
What shows conclusively they are not loans?


Torsten

> > It may have been a capricious, incomplete sound
> > change, like the lowering of Early Modern
> > English /u/, which took place in <butter> but not
> > in <butcher>.
>

And the alternative is ...


Torsten