From: Miguel Carrasquer
Message: 32535
Date: 2004-05-10
>It's what we see. We can make *some* generalizations on the basis weAbout half of the R(z)-éye-roots in LIV contain an /u/ ~
>have, but we do not have the full picture. Laryngeal loss does not
>take place before a vowel. The parameter by which loss of the
>infixed element is governed is not easy to make out. There is -o- in
>relatively simple roots, but there is also loss in quite simple
>roots if they have a muddled phonetic structure. It may in reality
>be a matter of distinctness rather than one of complexity. Anyway, a
>final verdict can only be formed on the basis of a fuller picture.
>Anyone who cares may continue the digging.