Re: [tied] Re: Russ. pilĂĄ

From: mkapovic@...
Message: 35172
Date: 2004-11-22

> Anders Jorgensen wrote:
>
> Maybe we should consider the possiblity that infinitives with an
> acute -í- in Slavic may also reflect the full-grade *-eyH-, where
> the -H- isn't vocalized and therefore may trigger Hirt's Law.
>
> Otherwise, the examples of Hirt's Law should then of course only
> reflect roots with -h1-. Indeed *wiH-ró- 'man' (to *wih1-
> 'strength'?), *dHuh1-mó- 'smoke', puh1-ró- 'wheat' show Hirt's
> Law and *gWih3wó- doesn't.

Also *plh1nós is OK.

>On the other hand, isn't Latv. gru~ts
> 'heavy' < *gWruh2-tó- problematic?

Also BSl *ma:te:r which is a. p. 1/a if compared with Vedic ma:tá:, Slavic
*jato (a) ~ Vedic ya:tám do not seem to work....

Mate