On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 14:08:02 +0100 (CET),
mkapovic@...
wrote:
>The problem of
>the clash of Hirt's law and mobility is also seen in the classic example
>of *suHnus which is expectedly a. p. 1 in Old Lith. and in dialects and a.
>p. 3 is obviously younger there but Slavic *syn7 (a. p. c by Meillet's
>law) corresponds to Lith. younger su:nu`s (3) so we could assume that the
>variant without Hirt's law could also be old.
*suHnu's is problematical anyway. We have forms with short
/u/ (Germanic *sunuz) and with *y instead of *n (Greek
huiu's, Toch soy, both also with short /u/). As to the
quality of the laryngeal (if any), the only clue I can find
is Grk. (Hom.) huio:no's "grandson", which may (or may not)
reflect *su(y)yh3no's.
On the other hand, OLith. su':nus (1) would suggest
*suh1nu's, in the context of my current proposal, while
Slav. sy~nU/Lith. su:nu`s are compatible with *suh3nu's (or
even *suyh1nu's).
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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