[tied] Re: *ap-/*up-/*ip- , rivers in -r

> >
> >Problem is Hittite has 'appo' "away" without any laryngeal.
> >Kuryl/owicz posited one that disappeared without a trace, which

you

> >would have to do to. To me, it suggests that 'appo' was loaned at
> >some time after the laryngeal disappeared it must have had once
> >judging from the Semitic forms.
> >http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/Op.html
> >
>
> Relying on Hittite for this is not a good idea, since Hittite

shows both a

> lack of laryngeal where we know there was one, and a laryngeal

where we know

> there wasn't one. Positing *h3op-h3e is not all that far

fetched.,

> especially if *h3o -> o- turns out to be write.

I think it's rather cheeky of Hittite to shows a lack of laryngeal
where we know there was one, and a laryngeal where we know there
wasn't one. Stern measures are called for.


Torsten