Re: [tied] Animate Dual in -h3 (was: IE Roots)

>>*-oh3 is a standard reconstruction
> >of the PIE dual.
>
> If there is no evidence for *h3 attested, then it can't be a valid
> reconstruction, whether you deem it "standard" or not.
> The Common IE dual is in *-o:- (*h3 is not attested).

The retention of the sequence -u: #a- in the dual in Sanskrit, but not in
other forms, where it goes to -va-, seems like evidence to me.

peter