Re: [tied] Re: Russ. pilá

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 22:59:57 +0000, "Anders R. Jørgensen"
<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.

Yes, the infinitives in the Slavic (but not the
(pre-)Latvian) examples are barytone.

>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?

My knowledge of Latvian accentuation is unfortunately
limited. What would the corresponding Lith. accent paradigm
be?

>But I would like to see more positive examples like *gWih3wó-,
>where Hirt's Law doesn't work with h2/3.

There is an Old Russian verb kriti (krInuti) "to buy"
(*kWrih2-, cf. Grk. príato "bought"). Is it known what the
fem. l-ptc. was, krilá or kríla?

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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