Re: [tied] Re: Schleicher's Tale

>>Did syllabic laryngeals exist within PIE before the
>>break-up?

I think you read my post in a hurry, Miguel.

>They (or it) must have existed. Not only does Hittite (presumably the
>first to break off) have them,

Hittite has the reflex of them. That doesn't show when the laryngeal became
syllabic.

>but their very origin lies in the
>"zero-grade event", which also predates the break-up.

I said in my post:
"what traditionally appears as a syllabic laryngeal could be a
consonant cluster, simplified after the break-up."
How can we show whether or not CHC was a consonant cluster or not before the
break-up?

Peter