From: Piotr Gasiorowski Message: 25345 Date: 2003-08-26
26-08-03 23:12, alex wrote:
> is there any IE language known where the the /eu/ > /i/ and the form of
> PIE *leuk looks with the cluster "lik"?
Yes, German. *leuk-t- > PGmc. *leux-t- > OHG lioht > MHG lieht >
Mod.Ger. Licht (quite similarly in Middle English, but loss of the
fricative, compensatory lengthening and the Great Vowel Shift have produced