Re: kentum/satem built-in already in PIE?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:

>
> On 2006-08-03 15:07, tgpedersen wrote:
>
> > But we were talking about *sj -> s^. Does it occur in the same rule?
>
> Yes. *s (of any origin) and *x (usually from *s in RUKI contexts)
> yield *s^ when followed by *j, and *z (from *g^(H)) yields *z^ in the
> same position. This is visible not only before the *-je- forming
> present stems in Leskien's Class III (*pis^oN 'I write', *veNz^oN 'I
> bind', etc.) but e.g. in Class IV (i-stem verbs), where stem-final *i
> alternates with asyllabic *j found in prevocalic positions, i.e. in
> the 1sg. and 3pl.:
>
> OCS voziti 'transport'
>
> voz^oN
> vozis^i
> vozitU
>
> vozimU
> vozite
> voz^oNtU
>
>
> OCS prositi 'ask'
>
> pros^oN
> prosis^i
> prositU
>
> prosimU
> prosite
> pros^oNtU
>

Now suppose I claim

PPIE
1 sg *prakam
3 sg *prakat

->
PIE
*prokõ
*proc^it
(with ablaut vowel -> i)

->

*pros^õ
*prosit

How should that be refuted then?


Torsten