Re: PIE *HRH- > Grk. VRV-

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

>
>
>
> Beekes:
> "ere:mos `lonely, uninhabited, deserted', of places and things,

people

> and animals (Il.);
> ...the Greek form requires *h1reh1mos (zero grade would have given

two

> short vowels, cf. /onoma/);" [< *h3nh3mn.]
>
>
> PIE *HRH > Greek. V-RV (two syllables, with 2 short vowels)
>
> I would say that the PIE syllables were *h3.-nh3.-mn.
> Otherwise:
> 1. a supposed : *h3n.-h3mn. didn't explain why h3mn. in place of

the

> expected h3m.n
> 2. a supposed : *h3n.h3-mn. didn't explain why we would have 3
> syllables later from the initial two and especially why with such

a

> split : o-no-ma
>
> I couldn't find until now such clear examples for Latin...
>
> Marius
>

So in PIE :
1. Not only the Resonants can become syllabic but also the
Laryngeals (this is not a news)
2. Secondly regarding : who became Syllabic or not (in a specific
context composed by Resonants and Laryngeals) really depends on the
word syllabic structure.

I doubt (based on the above example) that in PIE there was a Fix
Syllabic Pattern HRH- > HR.H- (see Piotr) => that wouldn't depend at
all about the rest of the word

Marius