Re: [tied] Bader's article on *-os(y)o

In article <d27pa0p72fol3suncn0eukrvqui4m0mbhr@4ax.com> Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:
. . .

> In the case of standard proterodynamic nouns, the o-grade is
> caused by an automatic lengthening of the posttonic
> (svarita) syllable, _if_ the preceding syllable is light:
>
> *h2ak^-man-z > *h2ak^-ma:n-z > *h2ak^-mon-z > h2ak^-mo:n
> *h2ak^-man-m > *h2ak^-ma:n-m > *h2ak^-mon-m > h2ak^-mon-m.
> *h2ak^-man-as > *h2ak^-man-a:s > *h2k^-men-os

Could you please clarify your definition of a light syllable in
this example? I'd ordinarily think of "*h2ak^-" as a heavy syllable
if I were scanning dactylic hexameter.

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