[tied] Re: Russ. pilá

From: Sergejus Tarasovas
Message: 35159
Date: 2004-11-21

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, mkapovic@... wrote:
> but how can you explain that PIE
> *gWriHwéh2 is a. p. 1 in Lithuanian (a. p. a in Slavic) and that PIE
> *gWih3wós is a. p. 3 in Lith. (a. p. c in Slavic)?

Just for the record: what do you mean by the Lithuanian reflex of
*gWriHwéh2? I'm not aware of a suitable appellative, though there's a
river-name Gryvà (a. p. 3 according to the latest (2002) edition of
Dictionary of Lithuanian Toponymics) in S^iauliai district (close to
the Latvian border). I guess you actually meant Latv. gri~va 'mouth
(of a river), delta', indeed pointing to a barytone/immobile (rather
than +grîva, which would point to an oxytone/mobile).

Sergei