Re: [tied] PIE for copper

From: Glen Gordon
Message: 13717
Date: 2002-05-14

I said:
>On an alternative note, if we work back and presume a Mid IE antecedent
>of *dhabhros, we would obtain **dabere,

Actually, correction. I should say **debere since MIE *a > IE *o. Plus,
I have a funny feeling that Late IE *a is partially derivable from an
earlier schwa that had been accented in Early Late IE due to some accent
shifts. But more on that idea later...


- love gLeN


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