Re: [tied] Battle of the cow

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 10836
Date: 2001-11-01

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 -----
From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
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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