Re: [tied] Re: PIE Ablaut

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From: "P&G" <G&P@...>
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Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 1:26 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: PIE Ablaut


> > The only thing of which I am certain is that Brugmann's "Law", as
> > originally formulated, has many exceptions like ávi- and ápas; and,
> > according to Collinge, Hirt accumulated 67 such non-conforming etyma.
>
> avi and apas do not have the ablauting vowel - therefore Brugmann's law
> does
> not apply.
> I cannot speak for the other 65 examples, but presumably some of them also
> are not the ablaut vowel.
> It is the -o- from -e/o- that specifically > a: in Skt.
>
> Peter

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Patrick:

Yes, and is that not most peculiar?

But, you know, the requirement that the *o only be from Ablaut was not part
of Brugmann's original formulation.

And that is not the only tweak that the "Law" needed in order to "look like"
it had some validity.

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