Re: [tied] Re: Pre-Germanic speculation

Of course. I just took the opportunity to extend your knowledge of
Lithuanian phonology a little bit.

Sergei

> From: Marco Moretti [mailto:marcomoretti69@...]
> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 4:47 PM
> > > Molis in Lithuanian has a long vowel -o-, if I'm not wrong, in
> > > Lithuanian a vowel /o/ is always long.
> >
> > Except in new borrowings and "international" words, where a newly
> coined
> > marginal phoneme (non-tense) /O/ (vs. native tense (historically,
> also in
> > some dialects, long) /o/)comes out.

>
> But molis is not a new borrowing or indernational words, so you
> simply cannot compare it with the toponymical item.
>
> Marco
>