Re: [tied] Early PAlb Depalatisations of k', g' > k, g

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

> The satemisation of *k^, g^
> and *g^H was blocked or cancelled before _consonantal_ liquids and
> nasals, but not before their syllabic variants. In *smek^ru- there

was

> no syllabic *r. in PIE, and so we have /k/ in <mjekër>. From

*g^Hr.zdo-

> 'cereal, barley', on the other hand, we get <drithë>.

Is it really possibly to get Gk. kri^ and kri:thé: out of something
with a syllabic r?

Jens