Re: [tied] IE root melH-

From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 44030
Date: 2006-03-31

 
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Subject: [tied] IE root melH-

I am resending my message from yesterday morning, because I don't see it.
 
What could you say about the identification of the laryngeal in the IE root melH- "to grind"?
 
Biliana

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Patrick:
 
I am sure you will get other dissenting opinions but I believe this is an example of a PIE root in which the final long vowel is a result of a final syllable with an originally long vowel, for the length of which no "laryngeal" need be reconstructed:
 
*m.lé: 
 
Cf. Hittite malla-, 'grind'.
 
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