Re: [tied] tt/st/ss

From: Sean Whalen
Message: 48861
Date: 2007-06-05

The PIE form of these words can't include *dzt
because Latin shows *t>0 / C d _ l, leaving the other
as d, not *dz.

The clusters with Cdtl were simplified to Cdl so:

*rèxd+ > ra:do: 'scrape'

*rèxdtló+s rx,dtl(e)+ > ra:dula

*pènd+ > pendo: 'hang'

*pèndtló+s pn,dtl(e)+ > pendulum

Similar loss of *t before devoicing, etc., in
certain clusters can be seen in other IE languages,
not just by d:

*vèrgYhtló+s vr,gYhtl(e)+ 'strangling tool = hangman's
rope' > ON virgill




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