Re: [tied] Celtic n (was: Greek labiovelars)

--- "Anders R. Joergensen" <ollga_loudec@...>
wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Sean Whalen
> <stlatos@...> wrote:

> > 1. e(>e~?)>a between N-N in same syllable
> >
> > *men-lo- "remain, delay" > OIr mall "slow"; Lat.
> > promello: "I postpone"; Grk. mello: "I delay";
> Rus.
> > medlennyj "slow"; Skt. manda- "slow";
>
> Traditionally: mall < *ml.-no- or *ml.-so-, right?

I don't know; in _A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms
in the Principal Indo-European Languages_ Carl Darling
Buck connects these words in 1949 (though with
uncertain nl / ln / other?).

> > 2. e(>e~?)>a before N-stop+voice with same place
> of
> > articulation
>
> = PCelt. *enR > Ir. an+r,l,m,n,w,y,s?

I'm not sure of every case; I'll probably recheck
the rules and add a few others for other environments
before I'm certain.

> > e(>e~?)>a between N-N in same syllable
>
> You may have lost me again, but are you saying that
> PCelt. *NeN
> gives *NaN in Irish?

Yes, if *men-lo- "remain, delay" > OIr mall (similar
to Latin maneo: and nanciscor which gave me the idea).



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