Re: [tied] Re: PIE Ablaut

On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 08:57:46 -0500, Patrick Ryan
<proto-language@...> wrote:

>Patrick:
>
>I am still hoping for an answer to the questions posed in my 10/7 posting,
>and a definitive statement from Miguel on what "Brugmann's" Law must have as
>qualifications (exceptions) to make it work.

PIE *o in an open syllable.

>Hopefully, it will explain why PIE *proti- does _not_ show up as OI
><**prá:ti-> but rather as <práti->: we have PIE *o, we have an indubitably
>open syllable . . .

We have *e, as in Greek preti, pres, Latin pretium, Slavic
pretivU, Latv. pret, see Pokorny 815-816.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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