From: tgpedersen
Message: 46285
Date: 2006-10-05
>Is there a theory on the market as to how this ablaut distribution
> 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.