Re: [tied] PIE *ts ?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...>
wrote:

> Could uvularity perhaps block affricatization? Perhaps the
> lowness of the following *K caused retraction of *t to an
> alveolar position, rather than dental, thereby causing *[tk.]
> rather than expected **[tsk.]? Hmm, I need more examples of
> *tK-...
>
>
> - gLeN

In German /r/ blocks affricatisation of /t/, eg. 'treten' "read",
not '**zreten'

Torsten