Miguel:
> No. Vocalized */&2/ does not equal */a/. The weak
> stem is nas- (not *nis-) in Old Indic, therefore
> there cannot have been a laryngeal between the /n/
> and the /s/.
But that's what I said! If the weak stem is *h2nas-
with a _true_ *a, then that explains why there is
no *nis-. The *a in this case would be caused by
pre-IE vocalisation of a reduced *h2neh2s- in the
strong cases. This vocalisation of expected **h2nh2s-
could occur just before Syncope.
= gLeN
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com