Re: [tied] Diphthong Distributions

On 2006-10-04 06:35, etherman23 wrote:

> I was looking at some PIE roots today and noticed some interesting
> distributions of diphthongs.
>
> 1) Roots in *tei- are nonexistent

Isn't this an accidental gap? There are several roots in *dei- and
*dHei-, and it remains to be proved that in *(s)tei- roots with s-mobile
the s-forms are older.

> 4) Roots in *gW(H)eu-/*kWeu-/k'weu- are nonexistent

How about the 'cow' word?

Piotr