Re: [tied] Re: *-tro-/*-tlo-

On 2007-06-21 21:58, stlatos wrote:

>>> * xY,s+tlo+ > esthlos '~good'
>> I don't think it contains *-tlo-.
>
> What's your derivation?

I haven't got one I could die for, but <estHlos>, untypically of *-tlo-
words, is an adjective. Perhaps derived from the root of IIr. *azdH- (<
*h1ezdH-) 'prosper, increase, grow strong' (Skt. edHate).

>>> * xr,+tro+ > arthron 'joint'
>> If it's the root found in the 'arm' word, it was *h2arh1-, conceivably
>> yielding *h2r.h1-trom > *h2r.tHrom > artHron.
>
> Why h1?

You're right. The evidence is insufficient to determine the colour of
the second laryngeal. Cowgill reconstructs *h1, but that's because his
collection of cognates is far too inclusive. _If_ <artHron> is related
to *h2(a)rh-mo-, Olsen's theory predicts that the laryneal can't be *h3,
as in the 'plough' root, but permits either of the other two (PIE
root-structure constraints don't exclude identical laryngeals).

Piotr