Re: [tied] Re: Slavic *-je/o

On 2006-09-05 22:30, Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

> Is it
> unthinkable that the contrast between PIE *oW and *aW became
> quantitative in PBSl., the diphthongs becoming respectively *aW and
> *a:W, the latter merging with the reflex of *oWH > *aWH > *a:W? (Even if
> the qualitative contrast between short *a and *o was otherwise
> maintained at least until the operation of Winter's Law.)

In case anoyone points out the obvious to me: I realise that this
doesn't work for initial *h2aW-, cf. Gk. aulós, auló:n : Lith. au~las,
auly~s. But are there any counterexamples for *a not motivated by a
word-initial laryngeal?

Piotr.