--- andrew jarrette <
jarretteandrew@...>
wrote:
>
>*wemh1-o: > *wemo: > vomo: is regular (*e > o after
*w or *l if followed
>by a nasal plus a back vowel) and generalised across
the paradigm.
I know of this change (e.g. homo), but why would
*wemo: be generalized across the paradigm?
There's no need for analogy in this particular
case; unlike n it's possible that older e > o between
w and m regardless of the following vowel (just as
with L (velar l)).
welti
weLti
woLti
woLt
wuLt
vult "wants"
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