[tied] year (Re: sacer, sink)

From: tgpedersen
Message: 44313
Date: 2006-04-20

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...>
wrote:
>
> On 2006-04-19 17:15, tgpedersen wrote:
> > Sorry
> >
> >> Germanic *a corresponds to Latin *a, which they
> > shouldn't
> >> by regular development.
>
> You've got it wrong: they should. PIE short *a > Gmc. *a by
regular
> development.
>

You're right, I was confusing it with *a:. I'll have to fall back on
the idea that all PIE *a's (other than those produced, or rather
retained, by *h2 or *k) occur in loans.


Torsten