Re: [tied] Re: Derivations 15 sun

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 34783
Date: 2004-10-20

On 04-10-20 06:49, Miguel Carrasquer wrote:

> I think that a number of these (haran-, hastai, hawi- at
> least) reflect Ablaut *h2o- > o- / *h2e- > a-, with later
> generalisation of one vowel or another (usually o-, but e.g.
> Celtic has a- in "bone", Indo-Iranian a- [not a:- < o-] in
> "sheep").

And possibly *h1o in the 'mount, testicle' set.

Piotr