Re: [tied] PIE Word Formation Q&A (1)

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

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Sean Whalen
> <stlatos@...> wrote:
>
> > Andrew Sihler says this is metathesis from *ulh-
> but
> > since I believe Hittite hu often stands for xW or
> GW
> > (as ku can equal kW or gW) I think it's more
> likely
> > w>GW before l in Hittite. Also, if *h2wl.h1-náh2
> then
> > likely Greek *awl- or *aul- instead.
>
> There is a rule, recently formulated and exemplified
> by Hinge, that
> initial laryngeals fail to vocalise in Greek before
> a heavy syllable
> containing a syllabic consonant. It solves a number
> of hitherto
> baffling cases like e.g. *h2n.h2-tj(a)h2 > ne:ssa
> 'duck'. If
> *h2wl.h1-n-o/ah2- had a syllable division between
> *h1 and *n, Hinge's
> rule works and no arbitrary metathesis is needed.

As I said, Sihler's explanation is different from
mine, but there's nothing arbitrary about this
derivation. It's to explain why a syllable most
evidence shows to be * wlh2 shows up as if from * h2ul
in Hittite (according to most; I think hu represents
xW or GW here).


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