Re: [tied] Re: PIE i- and u-stems again

From: Sean Whalen
Message: 47520
Date: 2007-02-17

--- Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

> Gk. huio:nós 'grandson' < *suh1ju-h3n-ó-, a
> thematised derivative in
> which the "laryngeal breaking" of *uh3 > *wo:
> betrays the identity of
> the laryngeal, or *h2ab-h3ó:n 'river', where the
> voicing of etymological

I'd derive it:

huyuhunús
huyuhnús (hap.)
huyohnós (u- > o-stem)
huyo:nós

I'd also say b in 'river' is the result of *xp
between vowels in only a few groups, not a PIE form.





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