This is not clear to me. Skt. has
<ga:vaH>, which could of course be explained via Brugmann's Law in
*gWowes, but why is there no length in the "adverbial" cases (<gava:, gave,
gavi>) or in the dual? *{gWeh3-ew-es} is at least a possibility. On the
whole, the assumption of a laryngeal explains some strange aspects of the "cow"
word (especially the marked pitch accent of the nom.sg.), though for
everyday purposes I am quite content with *gWo:us, etc.
Piotr
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 1:58 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Battle of the cow
Two tidbits of friendly advice:
1) There's no lengthening in the
nom. pl.
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