On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 01:00:42 +0100, Miguel Carrasquer
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mcv@...> wrote:
>>The word ve^dró is a vrddhi formation *we:d-r-ó- 'associated with
>>water'.
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>I doubt it. The length looks like Winter's law.
*wed-rom can of course be vrddhi of *ud-. *wedróm >
*we:dróm by Winter's law. The jábloko-rule probably does
not apply because of the mobility in the paradigm: the
plural was barytonic *wé:dra: (or perhaps even *wédra:, cf.
R. vëdra). A non-mobile word like *jugóm, *jugáh2 > *ju:gó,
*ju:gá: was affected, hence i"go, i"ga.
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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