Re[3]: [tied] RE: 'Vocalic Theory'

From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 56231
Date: 2008-03-29

At 5:02:30 PM on Saturday, March 29, 2008, fournet.arnaud
wrote:

> From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal

[...]

>>The fact that *o and *e: are not coloured by laryngeals is
>>pretty well established. The non-colouring of *e: was
>>already demonstrated by Eichner in 1973 on the basis of
>>such Anatolian data as Hitt. mehur 'time' < *mé:h2-wr.,
>>hekur 'summit' < *h2é:k^-wr, sehur 'urine' < *séh2-wr.

[...]

> What is Pokorny for Hekur ?

Miguel's obviously deriving it from *h2ek^- 'sharp',
Pokorny's *ak^-.

Brian