Re: Res: [tied] Etymology of Rome - h1romh-eh2 again

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alexandru_mg3" <alexandru_mg3@...>
wrote:

>> 2. BUT I also think that Ro:mulus is the o-ablaut of Remus
>
> *h1romh-u-lo-s
> *h1remh-u-s
> (the division above are not by syllables, I isolated the root, etc...)
>
> But I couldn't find yet an explanation: why the lenghthening could
> happen in the first case and not in the second one.
>
> Of course, you can say that the supposition that 'Remus&Romulus are
> from the same root' is completely false, but not to can link Romulus
> with Remus to the same root viewing the e/o ablaut inside: would be
> strange for me....

You might try *h1romh-lo-s with a diminutive that deletes a
preceding vowel.

Also, depending on the second *h there might be a shift of h3 (xW) >
w after certain sonorant consonants (except before back u and o?).
Then w>0 after m if *h1romh3e-lo-s > *h1ro:me-lo-s.

There are many possible explanations, so I wouldn't take any of this
as a certainty.

It's usually not too important to distinguish between syllable and
meaning boundaries, but if needed you can use - vs. +