Re: Greek laryngeals

--- In cybalist@..., "petegray" <petegray@...> wrote:

> > How could you possibly tell one way or the other? That was my

point.

>
> Come come! Not all Greek vowels are derived from PIE laryngeals!

And what

> about the pre-vowel laryngeals that vanish later? Wouldn't we

expect to

> see these laryngeals indicated in script if your theory were right -

giving

> two "vowel signs" written where we actually find one?
>
> Peter

I don't think I understand that objection. Is it something like
-HV- ? But in that case if I ware right, and the letters that
now stand for vowels then indicated laryngeals, then there would
never have been a time when both laryngeal and vowel were written,
so there would never have been a time when -HV- were written with
two "vowel signs".

Torsten