Re: [tied] Re: PIE Ablaut

From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 41106
Date: 2005-10-07

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Subject: Re: [tied] Re: PIE Ablaut


> >any non-conforming form can be excepted by the mere proposal of *H3,
> >whether justified or not. With that "tweak", the original proposal cannot
> >be falsified.
>
> We can't propose h3 where we find the ablaut e/o - and that's precisely
> where Brugmann is claimed to operate. So it is falsifiable - but not
> falsified. So it is widely accepted.
>
> Peter

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Patrick:

Well, let us say that the base of *op-os- is *H3ep-.

How would you explain AS efnan?

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