--- Piotr Gasiorowski <
gpiotr@...> wrote:
> 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?
Because x,>a in a syllable with a nasal:
n, > a / _$N
N, > aN / _$R/N/G/X
R, > @R / _$R/N/G/X
xY, mY n, > xY,+nasal n,
X, > +nasal / _ N G
X, > +nasal / $ N _
X > x
x, > @
@+nasal > a
n, > na / V$_#
n, > an / _#
r, > ar / _#
@ > i
mx,kYís . dhxY,mn, . gYhelxW,nyos . nx,sóus
mx,kYís . dhxY~n, .. gYhelxW,nyos . nx,sóus
mx~kYís . dhxY~n, .. gYhelxW~nyos . nx~sóus
mx~kYís . dhx~n, ... gYhelx~nyos .. nx~sóus
m@~kYís . dh@~n, ... gYhel@~nyos .. n@~sóus
ma~kYís . dha~n, ... gYhela~nyos .. na~sóus
ma~kYís . dha~na ... gYhela~nyos .. na~sóus
makYís .. dhana .... gYhelanyos ... nasóus
etc.
*mx,kYís 'big, long' > Av masita-, Gk matís
*dhxY,mn, 'pledge' > Skt dhana-, Gk théma
*gYhelxW,nyos 'golden' > Av zaranya- (in Skt mix with
hari-)
It's possible that there are further restrictions
(perhaps n nasalizes any following x(W/Y) but m only
x?).
The examples are in more standard form, I'd say:
mx,kYís dhxY,mYn., gYhelxW,n.yos nx,fwóus
mx,kYís dhxY,mYn., gYhelxW,n.yos nx,fóus
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