Re: [tied] *kW- "?"

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

> Torsten:
> > Let me get this straight: do you see the origin of
> > the ablaut vowel (the "citation vowel" of most IE
> > roots) as being /e/, backed to /a/ near uvulars,
> > or /a/, fronted to /e/ except near uvulars?
>
> In IE itself? In Proto-IE itself, I feel that there
> is both coloured /A/ neighbouring uvulars (which
> should be written as phonemic *e) and non-coloured *a
> (the true *a). They are often confused in the
> "traditional" spellings and its high time that we
> make the effort to stop this phonemic/phonetic
> mix-up.
>

Excuse me, I was asking about the Proto-IE vowel that
became /e/, /o/, zero, the ablaut vowel. Was it then an /a/ or
an /e/? Was it *bHar- or *bHer- ?



Torsten