Re: [tied] The gap of *b in IE

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From: "glen gordon" <glengordon01@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] The gap of *b in IE


>
> Patrick:
> > Not sure I understand this. I am under the
> > impression that the root is
> > *po:(i)-.
>
> You're in a Pokornyesque dreamworld. It's *peh3(i)-
> at the very least. There are no verb stems that
> end in a vowel. We've gone over this once before
> with you, haven't we?
>
>
> = gLeN


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Patrick:

As usual, the Steppenschreck has missed the point.

As far as the PIE form is concerned, it is *poH(i)-.

The point, as everyone but _one_ understood, was: the change from *p to *b
not *b to *p.

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