[tied] Re: On the ordering of some PIE rules

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

>
> On 2007-06-08 23:41, tgpedersen wrote:
>
> > In the adjective, yes. But...
> > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/46293
> > I argued there was an alternation.
>
> It my be useful to round up examples, actual or apparent, of *tt >
> *st in Germanic.
>
> (1) As far as I can see, *-t-tro- yields Gmc. *-stra-, which is
> reminiscent of the Latin treatment of the same sequence:
>
> *Blo:stra- 'offering' from *Blo:t-a/i- '(kill for a) sacrifice'
> *Gelstra- 'tax' from *GelD-a/i- 'yield, pay'

That would make sense if PIE had an athematic ppp nom *<stém>-t-, obl
*<stem>-tó-; with <stem> = CeT-, ppp nom *CéT-t- > *Céss-, obl
*CeT-tó- > *Cestó-, but 'tool' nom *CeT-dhér- > *Cestér-, obl.
*CeT-dhér- > *Cestér-


Torsten