Re: Neglected alternations

From: tgpedersen
Message: 19542
Date: 2003-03-03

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:
> On Sat, 01 Mar 2003 20:46:02 +0100, Piotr Gasiorowski
> <piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:
>
> >It's on my list of unsolved problems as well. There's a possible
example of *n ~ *h2 as well (*men-/*mah2- 'think', if it's the latter
that we find in <mood>).
>
> Interesting...
>
And there's of course that old Germanic Verner alternation -Vnx- vs. -
Vng- > -V(:)- vs. -VN- , ON hest- vs German Hengst, fá vs. fanga. Did
N > m, n depending on context?

Torsten