[tied] Re: Short and long vowels

From: etherman23
Message: 39435
Date: 2005-07-25

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "P&G" <G&P@...> wrote:
> > Could the prothetic vowels be a shared innovation?
>
> There is (sometimes) evidence for an initial laryngeal in these
words in
> some other languages.

I understand that Hittite does sometimes, but it appears to be irregular.