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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
wrote:
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> Patrick:
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> How the laryngealists love circles!
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> What leads you to believe that the zero-grade of PIE *e:, *a:, and
*o: in Old Indian is *e, *a, and *o?
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Patrick, you seemed to be a little confused. PIE *eH1, *eH2, and *eH3
become *e:, *a:, *o:. These then develope in the normal way in the
daughter languages. In the zero-grade these become simply *H1, *H2,
and *H3. Between consonants in all languages except Greek and
Indo-Iranian these become a or 0. In Indo-Iranian these become i
(sometimes 0). In Greek they become e, a, and o respectively. If
you're going to claim two non-coloring laryngeals you need an
explanation for the cases where Greek has e, a, and o, Indo-Iranian
has i, and the other languages have a or 0.