> it seems to me there's a
> surprisingly high number of well-known PIE roots with a final
> unaspirated voiced stop (usually *g^, more rarely *d) preceded by a
> laryngeal. For example:
Rix has a reverse index of PIE roots found on verbs. A quick glimpse
through shows:
roots ending in -b 2 end -Hb, 9 do not.
roots ending in -bh 3 end -Hbh 42 do not
roots ending in -d 6 end in -Hd
roots ending in -dh 8 end in -Hdh
roots ending in -g' 4 end in -Hdg'
roots ending in -g'h 3 end in -Hg'h
roots ending in -g 13 end in -Hg
roots ending in -gh 2 end in -Hgh
roots ending in -gW 2 end in -HgW
roots ending in -gWH none end in -HgWH
Compare
roots ending in -p 8 end in -Hp
roots ending in -k 10 end in -Hk
roots ending in -k' 1 ends in -Hk'
roots ending in -kW none end in -HkW
roots ending in -t 4 end in -Ht
Compare
roots ending in -l, -r -m, or -n none end in -HR
roots ending in -w 11 end in -Hw
Peter