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

From: Piotr Gasiorowski

LIV lists the two roots as *g^HengH- and *gHeh1-, respectively. The
former can be reconstructed with some confidence, the latter is
supported by Arm. gam and Gk. kikHé:te:n. If the equation is correct, we
have *gH, not *g^H or *gWH here, but Gmc. *Ge:- could also reflect
*g^Heh1- (with some potential IIr. cognates). The best one could do here
would be to unify *g^HengH- with *g^Heh1-, but any connection with
"extended *gW-" seems to be out of the question.

Piotr
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Many roots display reduplication
sometimes with -i- like pimplêmi
sometimes with -e- as in *ghengh

Is there a theory to explain this ?

Arnaud
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