Intervocalic *H (was: [tied] Re: PIE suffix *-ro - etc.)

From: Sean Whalen
Message: 42964
Date: 2006-01-15

--- Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

> Perhaps the
> formative suffix was
> simply dropped in the comparative, as in the case of
> *-u- adjectives, so
> we have *kséud-(i)jos- from *ksud-ró- just like
> *pléh1-jos- from *pl.h1-ú-.

n. retro. n
n, syl. n
N velar nasal
M labiodental nasal
T dental t
t alveolar

palàx^u-yás- palàx^u-yás-tá-
palàx^u-yás- palàx^u-yas-tá-
palàx^uyás- palàx^uyastá-
plàx^uyás- plàx^uyastá-
plàx^iyás- plàx^iyastá-
plàx^iyás- plàx^iy_stá-
plàx^iyás- plàx^istá-
plèx^iyós- plèx^istó-
plèyiyós- plèyistó-

Analogical alternative with -u-

plèyuyós- plèyiyós- plèyistó-

Dissim. or haplology (optional)

plèuyós- plèiyós- plèistó-
plèyós-

bhàwax-à-íax^-m
bhàwax-a-íax^-m
bhàwax-a-íax^-am

bhàwaxaíax^am
bhàwaxa'yax^am
bhàwaxáyax^am
bhàwxáyax^am
bhàuxáyax^am
bhàuxáy_x^_m
bhàuxáy,x^m,
bhàuxáyx^m,
bhàuxáix^m,
bhèuxóix^m,
bhèuxóiym,

I become (opt.)


affixes delete any tone on previous syllable
(repeats)
i>y/_V

tone with no vowel moves to previous V if any
(blocked by C)
tone with no vowel moves to next V if any
(blocked by C)
tone with no vowel inserts a


etc. (see previous)

a-tone not deleted below if nasal would be in onset
and nucleus (except n in nucleus)

a-tone>0 if before high vowel, sonorant C, or x^/x/xW
in same syl.
and
a-tone>0 if after glide, sonorant C, or x^/x/xW in
same syl. unless another C is at the end of the
syllable or a is word-final
and
the vowel, glide, or C moves into the vacated nucleus

l>0 before l,
y,>0 after i
etc.

C > -syl. / V _

glide in nucleus becomes high V

a with high tone to o
a with low tone to e
a with mid tone to e (underlying)
a > o before n/m/w
a > e

x^/x/xW change the non-high vowels
x^ > y / V_V
xW > w / V_V





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