From: mkapovic@...
Message: 35172
Date: 2004-11-22
> Anders Jorgensen wrote:Also *plh1nós is OK.
>
> 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.
>On the other hand, isn't Latv. gru~tsAlso BSl *ma:te:r which is a. p. 1/a if compared with Vedic ma:tá:, Slavic
> 'heavy' < *gWruh2-tó- problematic?