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

On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:34:25 -0700 (PDT), glen gordon
<glengordon01@...> wrote:

>Piotr:
>> One should be careful with adverbs like "ever".
>> The colouring by the *K series was inconsistent.
>> We have well-attested roots like *s)ker-, *sek-
>> or *legH-, which don't show any a-colouring.
>
>Yes, I don't doubt that they are reconstructed but
>I'm still skeptical as to whether they are
>reconstructed properly. Afterall, if long vowels
>are not prone to colouring, should we not ask
>ourselves whether these roots are in fact long-grade?
>Hence: *sqe:r-, *se:q- and *le:GH-.
>
>What shows conclusively that we are dealing with
>short *e in these roots?

The fact that *e is not long.

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