Re: [tied] *kW- "?"

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> With the caveat that we'd expect to see some analogical leveling.
> Which perhaps explains why we have pairs like
>
> *ger to turn *g'ers to turn
> *ghrebh to grasp *g'her to grip, seize
> *ghrebh to scratch *g'her to scratch

That's the type of mess you'd expect in loans.

> I disagree that /e/, /o/, and zero are allophones of *a, though.

*a is just a label. It means (here) "the PIE ablaut vowel". Or "the set
of vowels which descend from pre-PIE /a/". Just like English [-a-]
really means /ä/ or /eI/ or /&/.


Torsten