Re: [tied] Re: Thuringen

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 13697
Date: 2002-05-11

I think they actually substituted *-eu-, which was the closest thing to PGmc. -iu- (a falling diphthong), especially if the first element was rather high, as it seems to have been. The further development of *-eu- > *-jeu- > *-ju- took place within (still Proto-)Slavic.
 
Piotr
 
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: tarasovass
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 8:03 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: Thuringen

--- In cybalist@......, "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@......> wrote:

> The Slavic word was borrowed at a time when the Germanic form was
still *þiud- (Slavic speakers substituted *tjud-, since their
language had no /þ)

I wonder why they haven't substituted *tjUd-? Slavic *u must have
been still [au] or at least long/tense [u:] at the moment.

Sergei



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