Re: The meaning of life: PIE. *gWiH3w-

On 2008-02-09 09:36, tgpedersen wrote:

>> A _similar_ pattern of dissimilation, but not _the same_ historical
>> process. Grassmann's Law in Greek is not only younger than the
>> devoicing of aspirated stops in the language, but even younger than
>> the lenition of *s > h.
>
> Why is that?

h- < *s- also undergoes Grassmann's Law, cf. ékHo: < *hekHo: <
*seg^H-e/o- (vs. fut. hékso: < *sekso: < *seg^H-(h1)se/o-).

Piotr