Re: [tied] Re: Mi- and hi-conjugation in Germanic

On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:46:14 +0000, elmeras2000
<jer@...> wrote:

>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:
>[JER:]
>> >The word ve^dró is a vrddhi formation *we:d-r-ó- 'associated with
>> >water'.
>>
>> I doubt it. The length looks like Winter's law.
>
>Length looks like length, sure. A cluster /dr/ is one of the
>barriers to the operation of Winter's lengthening.

Another fine example is *udráh2 > vy"dra (Latv. ûdr(i)s,
Ved. udrá-).

>> I wasn't just referring to peró of course. It was shorthand
>> for (from Zaliznjak's Old Russian list): licé, loz^é, mytó,
>> peró, plec^é, pljuc^é, bIrvInó, veretenó, volokUnó, govInó,
>> gumInó, kopIjé, okUnó, pisImó, polotInó, pIs^enó, res^etó,
>> sedIló, sukUnó, sIrdIcé, tenetó, tolokUnó, jajIcé.
>
>Those that had final accent would keep it there

So you agree with me that there were three AP's in
Proto-Balto-Slavic.


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