From: tgpedersen
Message: 48882
Date: 2007-06-07
>Do you have examples without preceding -n-?
>
> The PIE form of these words can't include *dhzht
> because their outcomes often show *t>0, leaving the
> other as dh, not *dhzh.
>
> The cluster dhtr was simplified to dhr in many
> languages and then this word's irregular paradigm
> underwent analogy in each:
>
> èn 'into'
>
> èn+dh+ì > n,dhì 'down (to), low, under, etc.'
>
> (e)_ndhtèró+s (e)_ndhtr(e)+ 'lower, etc.'
>
> so:
>
> (e)_ndhtèró+s (e)_ndhtr+ > (e)_nttèró+s (e)_ndhr+
>
> analogy>
>
> (e)_nttèró+s (e)_nttr+ OR (e)_ndhèró+s (e)_ndhr+
>
> Seen in:
>
> *_n,dhèró+s > under; Skt ádhara-
>
> *(e)_ndhèró+s (e)_ndhr+ > *endh(e)ro+ >
> Latin i:nferus, i:nfra:
>
> *e_nttr+ > *enstro+s, etc., > *entsro+s >
> *entso+s > *insso+s > OIr ís
> *+Lo+ > OIr ísel