Re: The phonlogical identity of IE "y" (especially for Mr. Rasmusse

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Jens Elmegård Rasmussen <elme@...> wrote:

>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "C. Darwin Goranson"
> <cdog_squirrel@> wrote:
>
> > There was a comparison to the
> > Esquimo-Aleut "edh" sound (voiced thorn) to the IE "y", in an
> article
> > regarding pronouns. I'd like to know: what basis exists for this
> > assumption?

> A change from {dh} to j is
> not uncommon, nor is {dh} > z (> s).

And [j] > [ð] is not unknown, at least intervocally - Welsh and Gothic
spring to mind.

Richard.