From: whetex_lewx
Message: 36131
Date: 2005-02-04
> On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 17:27:23 +0000, whetex_lewxSo what's wrong? I gues you had short e in your mind, because grave
> <whetex_lewx@...> wrote:
>
> >Why we:k- isn't suggested? weik- makes some mess, it would be
> >reflected as vaik-, veik-, vy~k- or viek- in Lith. and dialects...
> >PIE e: is proper for long open Lith. and Lv. vak-
>
> PIE */e/. *e: would have given Lith. long <e.>. The
> development *vèkaras > *và karas > va~karas is regular.