From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 55619
Date: 2008-03-21
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From: Patrick Ryan
Any?
Sorry, we cannot even begin to analyze something it is not something but
anything.
Surely you see that.
Patrick
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You have asked me to provide
documentation for *z in PIE
which I have partially provided
starting with examples with *(d)z + labial.
Do I have to first prove that all languages
in the world are related
before you start considering *z in PIE ?
You have about fifteen roots
where Western PIE regularly corresponds
with Eastern PIE : H2 = y
and external data confirm that
this equation relies on *z.
What else do you need ?
I also advise you to look at
all Eastern PIE roots with -y-
not attested in Western
and look for the H2 in Western PIE
and vice versa.
*yewo is not an Eastern PIE root
it's an Eastern *reflex* of *z_b
Western reflex is *H2_w.
This is how it works.
Arnaud
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