From: João Simões Lopes Filho
Message: 5101
Date: 2000-12-17
----- Original Message -----From: Piotr GasiorowskiSent: Sunday, December 17, 2000 8:29 AMSubject: Re: [tied] More on the crummy sanguis/asrk connectionBut we also have *-gH- > -h- (veho, vehiculum, traho) and *gH- > zero (anser). The change *-igH- > -ig- is also nicely illustrated by *dH(e)igH- > fi(:)g-, though I don't quite understand why *-gH- should have been "hardened" only in this particular environment. Pisani argued that the regular Latin reflex was -g- in all intervocalic position, and that -h-/zero was only found in dialectally influenced words. Perhaps he was right, cf. vegetus < *wegH-eto-.The development of *-gWH- is even more messy, e.g.*gWH- > f- (formus)*-gWHs > -ks (nix)*-gWH- > -w- (nivis)*-ngWH- > -ng- (ningit)*-gWHr- > -br- (febris)Piotr----- Original Message -----From: João Simões Lopes FilhoSent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 3:13 PMSubject: Re: [tied] More on the crummy sanguis/asrk connectionOr ve:na < *wegh-sna:- ?I've already ever doubts about the various developments of *gH in Latin...gH- > Italic X- > h--gH- > Italic -gh- > -h- > zero-igH- > -ig cf. (ve-)stigium-ngH, -rgH, -lgH > -ng, -rg, -lggHr- > gr- or r-?-gHr- > ?