Re: [tied] Re: Latin *dh (was: Pretonic laryngeals in roots)

On 2007-03-17 16:44, stlatos wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Sean Whalen <stlatos@...> wrote:
>
>> *sidhus sidhw+ > Goth sidus 'custom', L *+a:lis
>> 'customary' >> *swedwa:lis > soda:les 'companions'
>
> That should be *swedhxYus > *swidhus swidhw+ > Goth sidus

Cf. Ved. svadHá:- (no trace of a *w). I'd analyse these forms as
independent derivatives of the same base: *swe-dHh1-ah2 and *swe-dHh1-u-.

Piotr