[tied] Re: Pre-Germanic speculation

From: Marco Moretti
Message: 26868
Date: 2003-11-04

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Sergejus Tarasovas"
<S.Tarasovas@...> wrote:

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

I'm sorry. Egijus' bad etyma made my blood boil.
Thank you very much for the explanation.

Best wishes

Marco


> > 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.