From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 55996
Date: 2008-03-26
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From: Piotr Gasiorowski
> 2. Attic is stressed on the first -o-
> I expect **prusup or pursup ?
> not phersu
"Accented" is not the same as "stressed". One would expect something
like *pVrusup[] in Etruscan, with initial _stress_; the Greek pitch
accent doesn't matter, nor does Etruscan preserve the original phonation
of stops in Greek borrowings. *pHerusup[] (with an anaptyctic vowel) >
*pHersup[] (with syncope) is quite thinkable.
Piotr
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Initial "stress" in Etruscan is a speculation
based on the fact that Etruscan does not display
vowels after the first syllabe.
We can also account for this, with consonantal writing.
Arabic does not have initial stress...
And even if this speculation were right,
there still is no reason why Pursup is not possible.
Your "thinkable" explanation is teleological.
Arnaud
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