From: tgpedersen
Message: 43119
Date: 2006-01-26
>What's the v > w rule for? I thought PIE had /w/, not /v/?
>
>
> --- andrew jarrette <jarretteandrew@...>
> wrote:
>
> ---------------------------------
> Andrew Sihler is fond of the idea that Latin tendere
> and -fendere (defendere, offendere) reflect IE *tnje-
> and *gwhnje- and are therefore correspondent to Greek
> teinô and theinô.
>
> He has *tenye- and *gWHenye- in his "New
> Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin".
>
> Since Greek palatalizes various consonants before y
> and later depalatalizes most of them (dialectical
> variation) a similar solution works for Latin.
>
> s alveolar s
> S alveopalatal s
> ñ alveopalatal n
> n, syllabic n
>
> etc.
>
>
> gWm,yox gWHenyox tenyox medHyos verdHom
> gWñ,yox gWHeñyox teñyox medZHyos verdHom
> gWñ,yox gWHeñdZox teñdZox medZHyos verdHom
> gWñ,yo: gWHeñdZo: teñdZo: medZHyos verdHom
> gWñ,yo: gWHeñdZo: teñdZo: medZyos verdHom
> gWñ,yo: gWHeñdo: teñdo: medyos verdHom
> gWn,yo: gWHendo: tendo: medyos verdHom
> gWenyo: gWHendo: tendo: medyos verdHom
> gWenyo: gWHendo: tendo: medyos werdHom
> gWenyo: kWHendo: tendo: medyos wertHom
> gWenyo: xWendo: tendo: medyos werþom
> gWenyo: xWendo: tendo: medyos werðom
> gWenyo: xWendo: tendo: medyos wervom
> gwenyo: fendo: tendo: medyos werbom
> wenyo: fendo: tendo: medyos werbom
> wenyo: fendo: tendo: medios werbom
>
> etc.
>
> venio: -fendo: tendo: medius verbum
>
> dental > alveopalatal before y
> y > dZ after ñ
> x > (length) after V
> affricates deaspirated
> affricates deaffricated
> alveopalatal > dental
> n, > en
> v > w
> aspirates devoiced
> aspirates fricated
> fric. > +voice between voiced (various)
> ð > v
> v > b
> xW > f
> gW > gw
> g > 0 before w (unless after nasal, etc.)
> y > i after C
>