It is so reconstructed, via an *s extension
(as in Lat. a:ra:, Osc. a:sa- 'altar' < *h2ah1s-ah2, Hitt. hassa-
'hearth') which also produced the PIE term for 'ashes', glowing embers' an
further derivatives meaning 'glow, be on fire'. Of course *h2h1s-tér- is just a
piece of abstract morphological notation relating this derivative to
{h2eh1-s-}; it is the underlying form of something that had to be
simplified in order to be rendered pronouncible: *h2ste:r [x(&)ste:r].
Phonotactic constraints apply to the surface form of a fully derived and
inflected word, not to underlying morphemes.
Piotr
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Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 7:26 AM
Subject: [tied] Star (was "Azerbaijan")
Just a question. If *xah- is "burn" then... are we to
reconstruct
*xhste:rs for "star"? Is this a valid word form for
IndoEuropean?