From: mkapovic@...
Message: 35179
Date: 2004-11-23
>Not really reliable (the a. p. c in Slavic I mean). Slavic i-stems tend to
> On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 22:59:57 +0000, "Anders R. Jřrgensen"
> <ollga_loudec@...> 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. On the other hand, isn't Latv. gru~ts
>>'heavy' < *gWruh2-tó- problematic?
>>
>>But I would like to see more positive examples like *gWih3wó-,
>>where Hirt's Law doesn't work with h2/3.
>
> I'm working on it. I've started with APc words having /i/
> (not from *ei) and /y/, and so far I have (from Derksen and
> Zaliznjak):
>
> - myslI (muHdh-, Grk. műthos is inconclusive as h2/3+Th ->
> h1Th, as per Rasmussen)