--- Piotr Gasiorowski <
gpiotr@...> wrote:
> On 2006-01-13 00:51, Miguel Carrasquer wrote:
>
> > It's still fishy that -ro- is dropped in the
> comparative,
> > same as it is dropped in compounds.
>
> Another strange thing is the accented full vocalism
> of the comparative.
> One possible solution: the comparative element was
> originally *-h1es-,
> forming a quasi-compound with the vr.ddhied
> (substantivised?) adjective,
> so that from *h2ug-ró- 'big' we'd get something like
> *h2éugro- + -h1es-
> > *h2áugi-(h1)o:s (applying the normal rules of
> composition),
> reanalysed as *h2áug-(i)jo:s (Sk. óji:yas-, Av.
> aojiiah-).
PIE
r/y/i > u / C _ w
r/w/u > i / C _ y
To Latin:
y > i / heavy-syl. C _
y > i / # C _ V (C) #
w > u / # C _ V (C) #
i > 0 / # C _ y
u > 0 / # C _ w
palatalizations
r. > ri / _ y
r. > ru / _ w
ur > wr.
w > 0 / C+lab/round
r. > or
y > i / V (C) C _
w > u / V (C) C _
To Sanskrit:
i > i: / _ y
y > i / heavy-syl. C _
y > i / # C _ V (C) #
w > u / # C _ V (C) #]
i > 0 / # C _ y
u > 0 / # C _ w
0 > y / i _ V
0 > w / u _ V
i > 0 / C _ y
ur > w_r.
w > 0 / C+lab/round
r. > ri / _ y
r. > ru / _ w
To Old Persian:
y > i / V (C) C _
w > u / V (C) C _
0 > w / u _ V
0 > y / i _ V
0 > w / u _ #
0 > y / i _ #
y > i / [* #/V] _
stop-voice > +continuant / _ y/w
To Avestan:
stop-voice > +continuant / _ y/w
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