Re: [tied] Laryngeal theory as an unnatural

Miguel:

>The oblique *pk^w�s is attested in Armenian [...] and in Slavic
>pIsU (Slavic /I/ from schwa secundum). [...] we have Sanskrit ks.u (not a
>compound), and general IE *(p)k^w�:n "dog".

Stop the bs. Slavic /pIsU/, Sanskrit /ks.u/ and your imaginary
**pkwo:n reconstruction have no bearing on weak case forms of
*peku which _DO NOT_ show **pkw-.

>>>The genitive of *pek^u is not **pek^eus!
>
>The genitive of the i- and u-stems is overwhelmingly *-eis,
>*-eus/*-ous.

I rest my case -- You ARE insane.

>My insistence on knowing the exact _rules_ was based on my
>understanding that the zero grade of *wed- is *ud-,

While *ud- truely exists as the zero-grade form of *wed-
(in **COMPOUNDS and DERIVATIVES**), there appears to be
*wed- as the weak case form too, as bluntly demonstrated by
Hittite /witenas/. This is because the unstressed form of
early Late IE *w&d- would have become asyllabic **wd-
without either opting for *wed- (preservation of schwa)
or *ud- (abnormal zero-grading).


- gLeN


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