Actually, just to twist the knife of logic into Miguel's twisted
head...
We have *kewane/*kewena-se (*k^wo:n/*k^un-os) and
*xewei/*xewei-se (*xawei/*xweis) as prime and readily apparent
examples of the PA rule that Miguel casually dismisses because
of a single unexpected accent difference in the nominative of
*nepo:t, and more importantly, because it is at odds with his
extraterrestrial pet-theories of *y/*n^ (that STILL lack any
clear evidence whatsoever).
The accent difference in the nominative might very well have
something to do with the fact that the schwa (becoming *e) was
_retained_ (known as "strengthening") in *nepo:t. If the *e had
not been retained, we'd get something strange like **npo:t. The
strengthening of *e most likely stole the accent as well.
As we can all see, strengthening was unnecessary in *kewane and
*xewei. Strengthening can also be seen in *pat/*petase where
the genitive of later *po:t is *pedos, not **pdos.
Miguel wants to discourage me from my PA rule. I think I'm fully
justified to keep it. I'll try to find other examples of
this strengthened *e and accent stealing.
- love gLeN
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