From: Rob
Message: 44396
Date: 2006-04-24
>Fair enough. Where does *(xW)re:gs 'king' fit into this picture?
> On 2006-04-24 02:24, Rob wrote:
>
> > As Piotr graciously pointed out, the correct forms are
> > *wó:kWs/*wókWes; *wékWos is an s-stem. I was mistaken here.
> > Regarding the differing vowel quality, my tentative thoughts are
> > that the coda labiovelar may have caused rounding in the nominative
> > singular form, with later spreading throughout the paradigm.
> >
>
> But we have the same pattern ov vowels irrespective of the consonantal
> environment, e.g. *k^lo:p-s 'thief', *k^lop-áh2 'theft',
> *k^lép-os/*k^lép-es- or *k^lép-mn. 'theft, loot'.