Re: [tied] Brugmann's Law

From: Jens Elmegaard Rasmussen
Message: 26151
Date: 2003-09-30

The easy answer would be that the root ends in a laryngeal so that the
syllable is closed. That however should be verified - but so should any
insistence on its being open.

Jens


On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Mate Kapovic wrote:

> As there is an ongoing discussion on Brugmann's Law I would like to know
> if
> somebody has an explanation on why is there no BL in skr. rasa: from PIE
> *(H)roséh2 (cf. Lith. rasa, Slavic rosa). I guess that *reseh2 is not the
> answer...
>
> thanks,
> Mate
>
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