Re: [tied] Neptune, Poseidon, Danu, etc.

--- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:

> How about [stressed a] > o, [unstressed a] > [schwa]/[e]? One could

also imagine intermediate stages such as:

>
> **á > **a: > *o
> **a > **a > *& ~ *e (also subject to colouring by *h2 and *h3)

Looks neatly (*& ~ *e distribution is still to be explained somehow).

One more qualifying question just to grasp the whole picture: have
that *&1 (etymologically < **a in weak positions) merged (on the
phonemic level) with *&2 (<some syllabic laryngeal) already in PIE?
Later? Never?

Sergei