Re: [tied] PIE Stop System

From: P&G
Message: 26015
Date: 2003-09-25

>*mu:s, ...If the original shape was *mu:s,
>oblique *mus- (as claimed in IEW, EIEC and suggested by Greek mu:s, muós),
>then ...

Shortening of a long vowel before a short one is common in Greek, although
details vary from dialect to dialect. So the short vowel in muos is no
proof that the stem was originally short.

Peter