From: Lisa
Message: 30360
Date: 2004-01-31
--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:
>
> Yes. IEW *per- (2) sub D "gebären, hervorbringen" (the connection
with
> forms given under A..C and E is doubtful, in my opinion).
>
> If the root is *per-, a zero grade form *pr.-yo: should have given
*porio:
> not pario:. But a root *perH- could have given *pr.H-yo: >
pario:. Even
> though normally *r.H gives -ra:-, another possibility is -ar- (e.g.
palma:
> < *pelh2-mah2) . I don't know if the exact conditions for the
alternation
> ra:/ar (la:/al) are known, but in this case additional motivation
may be
> found in the fact that *pra:yo: > *pro: would have resulted in a
verbal
> form that is too short, and too different from e- and o-grade forms
derived
> from the same root (e.g. the perfect peperi: < *pe-porH-).