Re: [tied] PIE *HRHV > Pre-Latin HRVH > Latin RV: (*h1rh1-om-eh2 >

On 2007-03-20 00:08, alexandru_mg3 wrote:

> You 'can Only suppose' this 'generalised strong-case', isn't it?
> But you cannot prove it, because the long-a: in gen.sg. na:ris <
> *nh2sos is regular, The Nom. is regular, ONLY The Acc. Sg. with long-
> a: is NOT REGULAR

All i-stems in Latin have the same vocalism in all their cases, so we
are CERTAINLY dealing with a case of analogical generalisation. If the
weak stem of 'nose' is supposed to be *(H)nh2s-, why is it reflected as
<nas-> and not *<a:s-> (or *<nis>) in Sanskrit?

Piotr