Re: Verner-alternating Gmc. nouns

From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 62255
Date: 2008-12-22

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From: G&P

>temh1
>How do you prove there's an intruding H1 here ?

Mostly from Greek.
(1) forms like tme:tos show there is a laryngeal
(2) the aorist etamon implies tm.H with laryngeal
(3) the future temeo: < temeso: < temH-so, implying a laryngeal
(4) forms in teme-, such as temenos, show the development tm.H > teme-,
which implies h1 (h2 and h3 would probably give tama or tomo)
(5) the accent in Lithuanian tìnti also implies a laryngeal.
Peter

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Thank you

This suggests Greek present temnô is a kind of reinterpretation of teme-so
as tem-eso hence a new radical tem- ?

A.