Re: [tied] 'Dog' revisited

24-11-03 16:15, Miguel Carrasquer wrote:

> A Hoffmann suffix in this word crucially depends on forms with long u:
> (*ku:n- < *(p)ku-hn-). The Avestan form is insufficient to provide that
> support.

It probably isn't, especially because the quantity of Avestan high
vowels is not necessarily etymological. On the other hand, I think that
Avestan has <su:ni:s^> 'bitch', also with long /u:/ (I can't check it up
tonight), which would indicate some _consistency_ in exhibiting a
long-vowelled nil grade.

Piotr