Re: [tied] *es- or *h1es- ?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, glen gordon <glengordon01@...> wrote:

>
> Etherman23:
> > In that case we go no further than *es which doesn't
> > have an attested initial phonemic consonant.
>
> No, we can't because of the attested plural forms
> with zerograded *h1s-, not **s-. Note Hittite /asanzi/
> "they are" < *h1sonti.

Unless that's a prothetic a-.