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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Rob" <magwich78@...> wrote:

> --- 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>)?

A change in people's speech fashions.

> > 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?

Because it was **még^-eH2 that became *még^H2.

Jens