Re: [tied] az+

What's the argument against Balto-Slavo-Indo-Iranian *h1eg^H(om), thus
avoiding Winter's law, with Slavic exceptionally retaining the archaic form
*h1eg(om)?

Richard.

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From: "Sergejus Tarasovas" <S.Tarasovas@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 3:37 PM
Subject: RE: [tied] az+


BTW, what, IMO, is really irregular about the Balto-Slavic reflexes of
*h1eg^(om) are those on the Baltic side. The comparative evidence of all
the (including archaic and dialectal) material points to *es' < *ez'
with _short_ *e, different from the expected *é: (thus one would expect
Lithuanian <e:~s^> -- with monosyllabic circumflex -- rather than
attested (East Lithuanian) <ès^> (and the dialectal vacillation between
a- and e- would also point to an original short *e).