Re: [tied] Re: Pretonic laryngeals in roots

--- Sean Whalen <stlatos@...> wrote:

> --- Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:
>
> > On 2007-03-18 16:05, Sean Whalen wrote:

> > > PIE *gWer-xW-tro+ 'throat' > Lith gerkle: Grk
> > *bérathrom > bérethron
> > > / bárathron 'pit'

> > *setm- > *sedm-, > > Slavic), as it's unusual for

*erh3 or *r.h3 to

> > produce Gk. -ara- or -ere-.
>
> I'm not saying the Greek forms are regular;
> *bérathrom > bérethron by short vowel assimilation
> and
> *bérathrom > bárathron by anticipatory (same).
>
> This type of assimilation is common in Greek and
> doesn't affect V < X any more than any other V.
>
> The xW, > a may occur due to dissimilation (gW-xW
> >
> gW-x) or perhaps a regular rule:
>
> t>tH / x(W/Y) _ r/l
>
> and causes
>
> x(W/Y)-syl > 0
> x(W/Y)+syl > x

Actually, I guess it has to be dissimilation (gW-xW

> gW-x). Based on téretron and árotron only x+syl

causes:

t>tH / x+syl _ r/l

so:

dis. (gW-xW > gW-x in *gWer-xW-tro+)
t>tH / x(W/Y)-syl > 0 _ r/l
t>tH / x+syl _ r/l

> > 'auger' or Gk. péletHron < *kWélh1-trom.

I'd derive it from *pYel-x-tro+ (as pelázo:
'approach') with short vowel assimilation.





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