From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 41830
Date: 2005-11-06
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From: <bhrghowidhon@...>
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Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] PIE voiceless aspirates
> >Bhrg'howidhHon:
> >> Yes, a group of roots with a phoneme different
> >> form /T/, /D/, and /Dh/ is there, e.g. *thengh-
> >> "pull" (LIV 657, IEW 1067); in such roots, no
> >> laryngeal */h2/ can have caused aspiration because
> >> the following vowel is */e/.
> >
> >= gLeN
> >
> >And what's wrong with the non-colouring *h1?
> >
>
> ------------------------
>
> Although */h1/ and */h2/ trigger pre-aspiration according to Olsen &
> Rasmussen's convincing theories, */T/ followed by */h1/ doesn't yield
> */Th/
> (or, at least, this is commonly held; I'm open to alternative views, but I
> don't have any at present)
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Patrick:
You have chosen an example which has a clear PAA equivalent in Egyptian 'nx,
'sandal-
strap'.
For a discussion of this word, some might want to look at:
http://www.geocities.com/proto-language/ProtoLanguage-Monosyllables.htm#thong
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