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

From: tgpedersen
Message: 40674
Date: 2005-09-26

> According to Jens' rules concerning "long diphthongs", a
> form *leh2iwós would not be possible. The expected
> structure would be either stressed and metathesized
> *léih2wos or unstressed *lh2iwós, neither of which could
> have given Slavic lêvU (ap c).
>
> The full grade of the root is unremarkable if the word
> contains etymological */a/, since the zero grade of */a/ is
> */a/, as in *nas- obl. *nas-; *sal- obl. *sal-, etc. Since
> these are acrostatic formations, we would expect Ablaut
> *oN/*eN (*noNs-, obl. *neNs-), and apparently the reflexes
> of *oN and *eN merged, Old-Polish-style, as **/aN/ (> */a/).
>

Would your new rule be able to rescue Sanskrit 'ambu-' "water" for
the family of *Hap- "water" (< PIE *xamb- ?). Cf Gr. omphax "ripe
grape"

(here's what Møller made of it:

http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/Op.html

).



Torsten