Re: [tied] Path [was: Re: Gypsies again]

Miguel Carrasquer wrote:

> 4) "lengthened schwa", in the nom.sg., with
> "Szemerényi-lengthening" of reduced grade **-&C-s > -o:Cs,
> after a heavy stressed syllable (e.g. *pónt-o:h2-s, acc.
> *pónt-h2-m < **pónt-&h2-s, **pónt-&h2-m).

Excuse my change of the topic, but why *pónto:h2s rather than
*pénto:h2s? Just because of Slavic *poNtI, Greek pontos etc.? They may
be (I'd say they most likely are) independently derived from the same
_verb_ root, so their vocalism doesn't have to be derived from that of
the noun in question.

Piotr