Re: [tied] *kW- "?"

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 40673
Date: 2005-09-26

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> From: "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...>
> To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 6:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [tied] *kW- "?"

>>degemination with compensatory lengthening would have produced *ka~ni: >
>>*ka:ni:, further transformations within Germanic yielding secondarily
>>extended stems like *xo:n-jo:n- (ON hœna) etc.
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> Patrick:
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> Could you please tell me what the tilde (~) indicates above?

A nasal vowel.

Piotr