Re: [tied] Diphthong Distributions

On 2006-10-05 07:14, etherman23 wrote:

>>> 4) Roots in *gW(H)eu-/*kWeu-/k'weu- are nonexistent
>> How about the 'cow' word?
>
> That has o-vocalism which I've excluded from my analysis. However,
> distribution of those diphthongs may also prove interesting (some
> cases could perhaps be explained by the presence of H3 which could
> conceivably prevent the dissimilation).

It has o-vocalism in the strong cases, where such vocalism is expected
(the *po:d-s, *pod-m., *pod-es type) and from which it may have been
generalised in the weak cases as well (like OE dat. fo:te, Gk. podós,
etc.). Note the short /a/ in Skt. gáve, gávi etc., as opposed to nom.pl.
gá:vas (where Brugmann's Law operates normally), which suggest *gWew- in
the weak cases (with an analogically restored velar in IIr.). If so,
*gWó:us is a normal acrostatic noun (gen. *gWéus, loc. *gWéwi), as
argued by Schindler.

Piotr