Re: Hat

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

>
> On 2007-10-16 11:25, alexandru_mg3 wrote:
>
> > I think that we need to explain the possible timeframe of the
> > Geminated -tt- (for English hat) in realtion with T+T > ss

timeframe

> > for PGermanic
> >
> > The basic phenomenon for Proto-Germanic origin of : *kk, *tt and

*pp is

> > Kluge's Law
> >
> > But I'm not able to put in equation the Germanic T+T > ss

timeframe

> > in relation with Kluge's Law Timeframe
>
> On Kluge's Law, see
>
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/46091
>
> and the rest of that thread.
>
> The *-T-t- > -ss- change is difficult to date with any precision

because

> it doesn't crucially interact with any part of GL or VL. It's part

of a

> general "western" tendency that affected Italic and Celtic as well,

so

> it may be pretty old, but on the other hand it may have remained a
> productive morphophonological rule in derived environments long

after it

> ceased to be an active phonetic process (as in Latin).
>
> Piotr
>

Thanks, Piotr.

What is your opinion here?

Can 'hat' be traced back to a PIE *kaT-T- , as is the case of Latin
cassis and PAlb. /kac^ula/ ?

Initial *h- < *k- is Ok, here, only the -tt- makes problems...

Thanks,
marius