--- Rob <
magwich78@...> wrote:
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "petegray"
> <petegray@...> wrote:
>
> > Do you mean the difference in accent and stem
> vowel?
>
> Vedic has ma:t�: (< *ma:t�:r) "mother" and pit�: (<
> *pit�:r) "father", right? Greek, on the other hand,
> has
> m�:te:r "mother" (Attic) pat�:r "father". Which one
> is supposed to
> have the more original accent scheme?
My answer involves my own theories, so don't take
this as representative or definitive.
Something like:
ama' (high tone on final a) mother
(pa)pa` father
dhu`ga (low tone on u) daughter
xa`ta`r family member
a>0/#_
a>0/_#
The informal terms are added to xa`ta`r and become
standard. Possibly haplology with "father" at this
time.
ma'+xa`ta`r+s
pa`+
dhu`g+
Low tone changes to mid when followed by low;
repeats.
ma'xata`rs
paxata`rs
dhugxata`rs
Consonants next to x, etc., become aspirated.
s following sonorant or fricative in same syllable
disappears and causes lengthening of previous vowel if
it has high or low tone.
a with mid tone disappears (in many cases; exact
details not important here).
a'>o'
a`>e`
only first tone remains
tone>stress
mo'x-te:r
px-te:'r
dhugh-x-te:'r
x causes o to become a
So the original accent is as in Greek and regular
according to sound changes. Sanskrit has analogy
change it.
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