Re: [tied] Re: bg. nvEsta

Also before an original *r, perhaps because of the epenthetic *t:

*s^r > *s^tr > *str

Piotr

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sergejus Tarasovas" <S.Tarasovas@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 9:00 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: bg. nvEsta


> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski
> <piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > RUKI was blocked in Slavic when a consonant followed.
> >
> > Cf. pe^sta 'pestle' < *poista: vs. *pIxati 'push, crush' < *pis-a:-
> >
> > Piotr
>
> Probably when an _obstruent_ followed (cf. *sUxno~ti 'get dry',
> *ruxlU 'movable').