Re: [tied] IE g^ , gwe -> dacian g', z

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 29687
Date: 2004-01-16

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From: "alexandru_mg3" <alexandru_mg3@...>
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Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 2:43 PM
Subject: [tied] IE g^ , gwe -> dacian g', z


> 1. PIE gwher -> Germisara (Dac. ge) -> Zermisara (Dac. z)

> (please note that ge->z is a later transformation in Dacian, because
Germisara is also attested)

Such variable spellings look to me like attempts to render foreign /3^/
(/dZ/) for which there was no letter in the scribes' native orthography.

Piotr