Re: [tied] Re: PIE Ploughs

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Miguel Carrasquer wrote:

> Now, I can see how *th would give a voiced reflex in Latin, but I don't
> think there's a way *th could have given /d/ in Slavic.

What if it does that anyway? The environment is voiced, so it only takes a
bit of assimilation - what don't you see?

> Calvert Watkins in Ramat & Ramat points to Bartholomae's law as the
> culprit
> for the variation *t ~ *dh in the suffix under discussion.  I think
> that's
> an excellent idea.

It's a terrible idea if there are no examples.

Jens