Re: [tied] Laryngeal theory as an unnatural

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From: "Miguel Carrasquer" <mcv@...>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Laryngeal theory as an unnatural



>> OK, but is *h1dénts attested anywhere as the genitive?

> As far as I know, it isn't.

Then why not analyse Lat. dent- in the same way as Celt. *dant-, which can only reflect (generalised) *h1dn.t-? Incidentally, what's the evidence for the "foot" word having ever had a static paradigm and a genitive like *péd-s (*péts)? The accentuation of Gk. podós, Skt. padás _could_ perhaps be analogical, but that's a far cry from demonstrating that it _is_ analogical. To treat *pó:ts ~ *pedós as secondary is to stretch the actual evidence.

Piotr