Re: [tied] English /p/ in "up" and "open"

On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 01:03:36 +0100, Miguel Carrasquer
<mcv@...> wrote:

>The forms with /p/ may be explained as coming from
>*ub in the Auslaut, but that doesn't explain the geminate in
>OS/OE upp(a/e), ON upp. A geminate in this position
>suggests a PIE form like *upnó (or *ubnó, or *ubhnó, it
>doesn't make a difference), which should give Germanic *upp,
>at least according to...

Kluge's law. I knew I was having a black-out.


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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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