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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Sergejus Tarasovas" <S.Tarasovas@...>
wrote:
> How about another well-known example (more in the evening -- don't
> have my copy of "Imennaja..." to hand at the moment)
Having re-read the relevant passage I realized that the best thing I
can do is to refer you to it (V. M. Illic^-Svityc^. Imennaja
akcentuacija v baltijskom i slavjanskom. Moskva, 1963, pp. 78-83).
In short, he speaks of roots with long non-apophonic vowels (< *VH,
Baltic *dó:na 'bread' etc.), long syllabic sonorants (< short syllabic
sonorants + a laryngeal, Baltic *grí:va, *ví:ras 'man',
*dú:mai 'smoke', *pú:ras 'winter crops' < *puHrós, Gk. pu:rós 'wheat',
*tí:lta 'bridge' < *tlHtHóm, OInd. ti:rtHám 'road to a watering-place,
ford', pí:lnas 'full', í:lgas 'long', WLatv. ju~ts 'furcation of a
road, tendon' < Baltic *jú:tis < *juHtís, OInd yu:tís 'junction';
sú:nus 'son') and long diphthongs (< *VH + a sonorant, CLatv.
krau~ka 'phlegm' < Baltic *krá:uka: < *kraHwkaH > Gmc. *hro:3ó: > OEng.
hro:g 'snivel'; Baltic *ká:ula 'bone' < *kaHwlós, *péimo: ~
*póimo: 'herdsman' < *poHjmé:n, Gk. põü 'herd', *lé:imo 'damp place' <
*leHjmó:n > Gk. leimó:n 'damp meadow', Sl. *le^joN 'I pour';
*dá:iwe: 'husband's brother' < *daHjwé:r), which attract stress vs.
roots with a short diphthong and a schwa (< a laryngeal after a non-
syllabic, Lith. láuz^as (3), Latv. dial. laûzs 'wind-fallen trees' <
*low&g^ós < *lowHgós, OInd. logás 'lump of earth' < *lojás; *ten&wós <
*tenHwós; Lith. jùngas (OLith, dial. 3), Latv. jûgs 'yoke' < (?)
*jun&góm < *junHgóm; Lith. víenas (OLith. 3), Latv. viêns '1' < *oj&nós
< *ojHnós), which don't, but I'm afraid of misrepresenting his
argumentation. It's worth reading even if Rasmussen's "On Hirt's
Law..." supercedes it.
Sergei