Re: [tied] Thematic *-e/o- : *-i- revisited

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

> wOg^HE-tÉ- > *wog^Hitó- > Skt. va:hitá- 'caused
> to be conveyed'
>
> The vocalism and accent of the Gk. okHetós 'channel,
> drain' may
> represent a compromise between adj. *-i-tó- and the
> substantivised coll.
> *-é-tah2, while Skt. vahita: 'flow, current' shows
> levelling out in the
> other direction.

I think *eye is actually from *ex^e with x^>y
between V regularly. So the pp was *wog^h-x^-tos
creating a closed syl (so no o>a: in Skt); x^.>e reg.
in Gk.

So vahita: is the phon. reg. outcome (no ana. with
va:haya- since the meaning changed).





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