Re: Initial stress

From: tgpedersen
Message: 14551
Date: 2002-08-26

--- In cybalist@..., "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
>
> What is the resaon for initial stress in both Czech and Hungarian?
> AFAIK the Hungarians never got as far as Bohemia?
>

Well, if no one has a better answer, I propose that Czech and
Hungarian had a Germanic subtrate ("Markomannian"?). And Polish, with
penultimate stress (and Moravian?) would therefore have a Celtic
substrate. (No, resistance is futile! ;-) )

> Torsten