Re: Laryngeals: arguments from typology?

On 2010-04-07 16:43, G&P wrote:

> Yes. Vowel lengthening in a previous syllable is sometimes explained that
> way. You find this in compound forms, and in verse. There is the
> occasional suggestion of this in Homer, though it seems unlikely. The
> examples from the Vedas, especially the Rg Veda, are more likely. Compounds
> are better.
>
> e.g. h1widheu "separate" Pokorny p1127 Skt vidhyati pierce has
> reduplicated aor avi:vidhat with lengthened i:
> and h1 ger "wake" which I mentioned in a previous post, also showing
> lengthening in a reduplicated form in Skt.
>
> Peter

One of the most beatiful examples, for its simplicity, is RV á:sat-
'unreal', the negated pres.part. od 'to be' < *n.-h1sn.t-

Piotr