Re: [tied] PIE Stop System

>Paul Elbourne has formulated the
>following fine law for Greek: th > t /[+cons, +cont]__ (Historische
>Sprachforschung 111, 1998, 1-30, esp. 22). If applied at a time when *dh
>is still voiced, and even syllabic sonants are classified as continuants,
>it makes regular forms out of pátos/póntos (: pánth-), pórtis (Skt.
>prthuka-, Arm. ort'), platús (: prthú-), ostéon (: ásthi), sta:- (:
>stha:-), stégo: (: sthag-), sup. -isto- (: -is.t.ha-).

And for how many of these is a laryngeal posited after the /t/ for other
reasons? My guess is all of them. And we know that the sequence /tH/ can
produce /th/ in Skt. Isn't this explanation simpler?

Peter