Re: [tied] 1sg. -o: [was Re: IE Thematic Vowel Rule]

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 16:38:02 -0700 (PDT), glen gordon
<glengordon01@...> wrote:

>Hence, the optimal views are that the 1ps thematic
>is either:
>
> 1) *-o:

That's impossible, because there is nothing there to
lengthen the */o/. We only have */o:/ out of oH or
-oRs/-oRh2 (and */õ/ out of *oV).

> 2) *-oh2

That's impossible, because the thematic vowel is */e/ before
*/h2/.

The only possibility is *-oh3.

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