[tied] Re: IE *h3 and voice

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, glen gordon <glengordon01@...> wrote:

> Etherman23:
> > Okay, crazy idea time. Supposing the glottalic
> > theory is right, could *H3 actually be *p'?
>
> Considering that *h3 disappears except in Anatolian,
> just like *h2, and given that Anatolian shows *x...
> No. Reconstructing a labial would be based on no
> IE evidence at all and isn't even needed. There are
> better solutions. Surmising /hW/ or /`/ suffices
> without theorizing more than we need.

On further reflection there's also another problem. A root is
constrained to have at most one ejective. Then what do we make of a
root **t'ep', "to give"? Forget I ever mentioned it.