Re: [tied] IE genitive

On Sun, 20 Apr 2003, Glen Gordon wrote:

>
> Miguel:
> >The point is that the thematic vowel has to survive quantitive
> >ablaut in order for any further developments to be able to occur
> >later.
>
> ??? It's logically inefficient to claim that the thematic vowel
> had some sort of magic resistance against this ablaut. It's
> simpler to presume the vowel postdates the trigger of this ablaut.
> It would appear that Occam's Razor is giving you the third finger.

Quite on the contrary. This has of course been tried for over a century,
and we would have known about it if it worked. It just does not, and then
even Occam needs the help of an extra finger to tie the knot.

Jens