[tied] Re: Ie. *laywos/leh2iwos (was: ka and k^a)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 19:56:48 +0000, Sergejus Tarasovas
>> >But what about Hirt's law? Wouldn't Slavic a.p. c point to the
> >absence of a laryngeal at least on the flanks of *i?
>
> Yes, it rules out *aiH. Cf. *daiHwé:r, Slav. dê"verI, Latv.
> die~veris, with Hirt's law (see Illich-Svitych p. 154,
> Rasmussen "On Hirt's law", 1).

A quick (and superficial, I must admit) perusal of both Jens' article
and the relevant pages of Imennaja... still hasn't made it clear to me
whether the Slavic a.p. c rules out *ah2i, though (that was Piotr's
point after all). If I may, it would be nice to hear from Jens himself.

Sergei