[tied] Re: Slavic neutra ending -o

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Mate Kapovic" <mkapovic@...>
wrote:

> Illich-Svitych's rule functiones well with *dhwórom > dvor'7 (a.

p. b) but

> it does not with *déh3rom. Firstly,
> Slavic dar7 is not a. p. b but a. p. c, secondly we need Slavic a.

p. c (BSl

> a. p. 2) for some kind of Meillet's Law deletion of the first

syllable acute

> (Croatian 'da:r, 'da:ra - a. p. c). If we were to accept

secondarily a. p. b

> > a. p. c in Slavic (which is supposed to happen quite often), we

can hardly

> explain why it's not a. p. a (with first syllable acute from PIE

laryngeal).

It seems you're right. That makes darU irrelevant for the issue,
indicating that the word either does not reflect *doH3rom or has
secondarily taken the mobile/circumflex accent of the verb dati.

Jens