Re: [tied] *kW- "?"

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

> > 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 /&/.

Sure, but I also believe in PIE /a/ so I'd rather write *e for /e/,
/o/, and zero.