Re: [tied] *es- or *h1es- ?

From: glen gordon
Message: 41411
Date: 2005-10-14

Etherman23:
> Indeed. This might be a decisive point if laryngeals
> were the only thing that caused lengthening of
> vowels.

With the laryngeal theory intact, *?es- and *bHer-
both have the exact same ablaut (zerograded
*?s- and *bHr-). In your laryngeal-less theory, you
have to make up excuses why it's instead **es- and
*bHr- even though they have the same vowel.

That _is_ the decisive point. Your idea is more
laborious in comparison to the consensus view.


= gLeN





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