Re: [tied] xW>v>w (was: -tlo- vs -tro-)

On 2007-07-09 05:39, stlatos wrote:

> Again:
>
>>> where does
>>> *dov- come from?

I'm not sure what you mean by "*dov-". Just the treatment of *doh3-ih1-
in Itlic? I don't exclude the possibility of *-w- directly reflecting
intervocalic *-h3-, but what does it prove about the supposed behaviour
of intervocalic *h1?

>>> Why Skt rayis not *ra-is > *re:s?
>
>> Because it's an i-stem: *reh1-í- > PIIr. *raHí- > *ra.í- > rayí-;
>
> What part of that would prevent a-i > e:?

The post-laryngeal hiatus left the word disyllabic. Cf. *nah2-u-s >
nau-s. (still scanned as disyllabic in the RV). To be sure, both *-ayi-
nd *-aHi- were usually contracted in Indic, but apparently not when the
*i was accented (cf. yayí- 'quick'), just as -íya-, -úva- remain
disyllabic in the RV.

Piotr