Re: [tied] Something about Lachmann

On 2007-02-06 00:06, alexandru_mg3 wrote:

> But for nu:dus we need -odHos, Piotr, not -edHos :
>
> nu:dus < *nogW-odHos
>
> I 'can see' how *-eh1-tó-s would give *edHos > idHus (based on a
> supposed h1t > tH > dH)

Not quite. In Italic, we have the merger of intervocalic *-dH- and *-tH-
as a voiced fricative (*-D- > Lat. -d-). Note such correspondences as
Lat. vi:vidus : OInd. ji:vatHa- 'long-lived', both of them possibly
reflecting *gWih3we-h1-to-.

> but 'I cannot see' how *-eh1-tó-s would give *-odHos > *nogW-odHos

Both *-owo- and *-owe- may end up as /u:/ in Latin (via *-ou-, with the
syncope of the unstressed medial vowel), cf.

iu:stus < *jowestos
nu:ndinus < *nowen-dinos

Similarly, *nogWV-tHo- > *nowVDo- > nu:dus, whatever the original vowel.

Piotr