Order of syllabification

From: stlatos
Message: 48313
Date: 2007-04-15

I believe that a C was moved out of the syllable
between a V and a newly syllabic C. But before
that occurred there were several changes that could
occur depending on what C-clusters existed in the
syllable. The simplest of them:

dhu-gYhax-tè:r
dhu-gYh_x-tè:r
dhu-gYhx,-tè:r
dhugYh-x,-tè:r

dó-kYe-xYè ... dó-kYexY-tós
dó-kYe-xYè ... dó-kY_xY-tós
dó-kYe-xYè ... dó-kYxY,-tós
dó-kYe-xYè ... dó-kY-tós
dó-kYe-xYè ... dókY-tós
dó-kYe-yè .... dókY-tós

a/e/o > 0 / _Z$
a/e/o > 0 / Z_$
Z moves to empty nucleus > +syl.
xY, > 0 / $KY_
resyllabification
xY > y / V_V

Z = any element that can become +syl.


PIE

*dhugYh-x,-tè:r 'daughter'
*dó-kYe-yè 'teaches'
*dókY-tós 'taught'