Re: [tied] Re: *-tro-/*-tlo-

On 2007-07-01 21:42, stlatos wrote:

>> I suspect some kind of vr.ddhi
>> transformation of an
>> inherited nil grade within Balto-Slavic. Cf. Lith.
>> z^énklas 'sign' for
>> *g^n(o)h3-tlo- (Skt. jn~á:tra- 'intellectual
>> faculty'), with the vowel
>> inserted in the wrong slot.
>
> I don't think so. It seems like a simple:
>
>
> *gYenY-xW-tro+ *gYnY,xW-tr(e)+ > *gYnYoxW-tr(e)+

_I_ don't think so. The root is *//g^neh3-//, not **//g^enh3-//. The
place where the vowel appears does matter.

Piotr