Miguel:
>As I explained earlier, the change was actually /a:~/ > /a/ (as
>opposed to non-nasalized /a:/ > /o/). You can compare West-Germanic
>*bra:~hta, *�a:~hta > German/Dutch bracht(e), dacht(e) (as opposed to /a:/
> > /O:/ > /uo/ in *ma:ter- > moeder,
>Mutter).
Pre-IE nasalization. Granted. You seem to also be implying that
this nasalization was both an anticipatory and progressive change
of the vowel like that of laryngeals. (Both *xe & *ex > *xa & *ax)
Given the latter assumption, instances of *mo and *no should be
unexpected as well as occurences of *om and *on. Afterall, they
should have all become *ma/*na and *am/*an. Please explain the
following small sample of counterexamples:
*-mon-
*-kontx "-ty; decad"
*domo- "house"
*-om [gen.pl]
*kmtom "100"
*-ont(i) [3pp]
- gLeN
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