Re: [tied] All of creation in Six and Seven

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 14:17:14 +0100, Piotr Gasiorowski
<piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:

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>From: "Miguel Carrasquer" <mcv@...>
>To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 1:55 PM
>Subject: Re: [tied] All of creation in Six and Seven
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>> I'm not sure where the stress fell in PS *sab`atu(m),
>> but PIE *septm. is consistent with an original (pre-zero-grade) stress
>> pattern *<sébVtVm> -> *<séptm.>
>
>I was wondering if the original pattern wasn't something like **sab(a)túm >
>*septm.', without a stress shift.

No. The Semitic stress was either sáb`atum (penult not short, so
anetepenult stress) or sab`átum (stress on penult anyway). Stress on the
last syllable was possible in Semitic if the vowel was long, but not
otherwise.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@...