Re: Brugmann's Law

> *(s)leh1b- 'be weak, faint'. Cf. Gmc. *sle:p-i/a- 'sleep' and Slavic
>> slabU 'weak'. *(s)l&1b-o:s > labo:r (*'exhaustion' > 'hard work'). The
>> root is one of the few well attested ones with *b.

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The semantics is too lax.
I disagree with that kind of connection.
Arnaud
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> Why lab- from *lh1b- in Latin? It should be la:b-...
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> Mate

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H1 is a voiceless consonant.
**l_H1b is impossible :
only l_h2b or l_H1p are possible.

Arnaud
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