From: Miguel Carrasquer
Message: 40711
Date: 2005-09-26
>Miguel:A true *a is no *h2.
>> 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