--- Sean Whalen <
stlatos@...> wrote:
> # V-u-u-V # > # V-u-0-V #
> C>0 / _[V>0] CC
> CC>0 / _[V>0] C
> stop>0 / _[V>0] stop
>
>
> *sunYù+s suyù+ 'son'
> *suyu+sunYù+s 'son's son' > *huyuhnús >
> huio:nós 'grandson'
>
> *kYóru 'extension, head, top'
>
> *d.óru 'wood, tree'
> *d.runYós ' " gen.'
> *kYóru+d.runYós 'tree limb' >
> korúne: 'club'
>
> *tumYLó+s 'mound' > túmbos
> *kYóru+tumYLó+s 'hill-top' >
> kórumbos
>
> *bhuxwó+ 'being (at)' > huper-phué:s
> *kYóru+bhuxwó+ 'being (at) the top' >
> koruphé: 'top, peak'
>
> *fkuudh+ 'covering' > *kuth+
> *kYóru+kuth+ 'head-covering' >
> kóruth- kórus 'helmet'
I've found additional evidence. Apparently these
rules also occur in Indo-Iranian. They also include
uxu>u and the C-deletion mentioned above occurs at the
level of consonants (vowels on a separate level) so
not only consonants touching on the surface level are
deleted.
The rules also apply to words of more than 4
syllables as below:
# V-u-u-V # > # V-u-0-V #
# V-u-u-V() > # V-u-0-V()
when V>0 :
C>0 / _CC
CC>0 / _C
stop>0/_C
*pYròxW+bhuxwó+s +bhuxu+ 'being in the front (of
battle)' > 'excellent/veteran (warrior)' > 'old man'
*pYròxWbhuxu+
*pYrèfbhuxu+
*pYrèfbuxu+
*pYrèfbu+
*pYrèsbu+
*pYrèzbu+
présbus
*kankú+s > *kn,kús > *knúks 'nut'
*kartú+s > *k(a)rtús 'strong, hard'
*kartú+knúks
*kartuknuks
*kartuknuko+ ( > o-stem)
*kartukn0ko+
*karukn0ko+
*karu0ko+
*karuko+
*karuo+ (k-k dissim.)
káruon
*yuuwn,kó+s > *huakos 'youth'
*-ó:is > -o:i '(fem.) dim. nom.'
*-óid > -oid- '(fem.) dim. voc.'
*-id- > -id- '(fem.) dim. weak stem'
*huakid+ 'maiden'
*kartú+huakid+ 'hard maiden = stone statue'
*kartúhuakid+
*kartúh0akid+
*karúh0akid+
*karúhakid+
*karúhatid+ (k-k dissim.)
*karúatid+
karuatides ' ~ stone women in columns'
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