Re: PIE i- and u-stems again

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Sean Whalen <stlatos@...> wrote:

>
>
> --- tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
>
> > Greek is certainly a fascinating language.
> > It occurred to me:
> > 1) kvinna/kona is the only word in ON to act up this
> > way.
> > 2) Some, among them Miguel, assume a rule PPIE *Ku
> > -> PIE KW, for K
> > velar; but some paradigms appear to reflect in their
> > zero grade the
> > state of affairs before that rule, eg. Hittite 3sg
> > kWen-zi, 3pl
> > kun-anzi "strike, kill", Greek gun-e: "woman"
>
> ku = gu / gw / gW so [gWnantsi]
>
> e>o in some environments by CW
> o>u/CW_C+sonor.

So *gWenax -> *gWonax -> Greek *gWune: ?

> > 3) A hypothetical PIE variant *gun- would -> PGerm.
> > *kun-.
>
> Since C. > uC

You mean PIE *-R.- -> PGerm *-uR- ?

> there's no need for PIE *u.

But what if the PIEers didn't know that?

> *n, is needed for Greek dia. bana

?? Explain.


Torsten