From: alex
Message: 23435
Date: 2003-06-17
> On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 21:23:58 +0200, alex <alxmoeller@...>:-) It is enough since is not only Latin
> wrote:
>
>> So Mr Hamp assume reducion of two elements *eni + *oino to "një".
>> Piotr, do I make a mistake or there are several IE languages which
>> show change of /oi/ from *oino to /u/?
>
> Only Latin and Brythonic.
>Unstressed PIE /o/ > /u/ in Latin too; (this time Latin/o/) Latin /o/ >
>> The second question here should be, was the second /o/ in *oino a
>> unstressed one or stressed one?
>
> Unstressed (Grk. oínos, Skt. é:nas, Lith. víenas).
>
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> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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