[tied] Re: IE thematic presents and the origin of their thematic vo

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "elmeras2000" <jer@...> wrote:

> > Are those regular Germanic reflexes of *bhe:r?
>
> Yes, that's what Germanic /e:/ yields in West Germanic: Goth. ga-
> de:ths, OE dae:d, OS da:d, OHG ta:t; Goth. re:dan, OE rae:dan, OS
> ra:dan, OHG ra:tan. Also Norse has /a:/.

I see. What caused the /e:/ to be lowered and centralized to /a:/
~ /&:/ (where '&' = OE <ae>)?

> As for the type of root noun this represents, I think the easiest
> identification is with the short-vowel type, of which it would be a
> perfect collective, **bhér-H2 > *bhé:r(H2).

That could very well be the case, and the phonological development
looks regular there. However, if that happened to *bhérx, then why did
*mégx not become *me:g?

- Rob