[tied] Re: Russ. pilá

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 22:59:57 +0000, "Anders R. Jørgensen"
> <ollga_loudec@...> wrote:
>
> >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?
>

As I understand it, Latv. gru~ts (and syllables with the Dehnton in
general) reflects a root-stressed acute paradigm and would
correspond to the Lith. AP 1. Had it been acute and mobile, we would
have expected *grûts with the Brechton.

Anders

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