Re: [tied] Re: Metathesis - The armchair linguist's favourite tool

If *X stands for one of the "stronger" (supposedly dorsal) laryngeals (*h2 or *h3), diphthongs (except *eu) are monophthongised unless the laryngeal is attracted into the next syllable:

*-oiX.C- > *-oX.C- > *-o:C- (. = syllable boundary)

*-oi.XV-

>

*-ojV-

*-eiX.C- > *-iX.C- > *-i:C-

*-ei.XV-

> *-ejV-

*-iX.C-

> *-i:C-

*-ouX.C- > *-uX.C- > *-u:C-

*-ou.XV-

>

*-owV-

*-euX.C-

>

*-e:uC-

*-eu.XV-

> *-ewV-

*-uX.C-

> *-u:C-

Before preconsonantal *h1, only *ei is smoothed to *e (*eih1C > *eh1C

> *e:C).

Piotr

----- Original Message -----
From: Sergejus Tarasovas

To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 1:54 PM

Subject: [tied] Re: Metathesis - The armchair linguist's favourite tool

Intriguing. So how and why the glides have disappeared (*po:-< ? < *poi- ).