From: Miguel Carrasquer
Message: 39272
Date: 2005-07-17
>I don't doubt that for a minute. But it's wrong: *dhe-,
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Miguel Carrasquer<mailto:mcv@...>
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com<mailto:cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 2:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Short and long vowels
>
>
> On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 13:31:20 -0500, Patrick Ryan
> <proto-language@...<mailto:proto-language@...>> wrote:
>
> > I agree completely except I think we started out with *e, *a, and *o +*H (undifferentiated). But the result of the combination of a vowel and a 'laryngeal' resulted in long (double length) vowels.
> >
> > You then say: "These then developed in the normal way in the daughter languages."
> >
> > Again I agree completely.
> >
> > Zero-grade involved the removal of one vowel: *men- + *tó = *mNtó
> >
> > Zero-grade with the removal of one vowel from *dhe:- /dHee/, *sta:- /staa/, and *do:- /doo/ leaves *dhe-, *sta-, and *do-.
>
> There: you're saying it again.
>
> ***
> Patrick:
>
> Yes, and I will continue to say it.