Re: [tied] -phóros, -phorós, -fer

> > For all three vowels
> > PPIE *a -> PIE *e (stressed), *& (unstressed), *o (restressed)
> > PPIE *i -> PIE *ey (stressed), *i (unstressed), *ey (restressed)
> > PPIE *u -> PIE *ow (stressed), *u (unstressed), *ow (restressed)
> PPIE *eR -> PIE *eR (stressed), *R (unstressed), *eR (restressed)
> >
> > in some languages generalised (under Semitic 'Atlantic'
> influence?)
> > from the *a reflexes to
> >
> > PPIE *a -> PIE *e (stressed), *& (unstressed), *o (restressed)
> > PPIE *i -> PIE *ey (stressed), *i (unstressed), *oy (restressed)
> > PPIE *u -> PIE *ew (stressed), *u (unstressed), *ow (restressed)
> PPIE *eR -> PIE *eR (stressed), *R (unstressed), *oR (restressed)
> >
> > (not Italic, it has no *ew)
> >

I wonder if the *-n- of N vá:ri, mádhu, Ab G vá:rin.as, mádhunas etc
are leftovers from a separate "indefinite" inflexion, and not from
some general *-iN-, *-uN- stem ending?


Torsten