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

At 4:14:15 PM on Monday, July 2, 2007, stlatos wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott"
> <BMScott@...> wrote:

>> At 2:48:22 PM on Monday, July 2, 2007, stlatos wrote:

>> [...]

>>> What about ON han- >> hon 'she', hennar 'her (gen.)'?

>> What's the problem?

>> Writing /ö(:)/ and /ë(:)/ for the u-umlaut and i-umlaut,
>> respectively, of /a(:)/:

>> *ha:naz > *ha:naR > *ha:nR > ha:nn > hann
>> *ha:nu > *hö:nu > hö:n > ho:n
>> *ha:naizo:z > *ha:ne:zo:z > *ha:nizaz > *ha:niRaR >
>> *hë:nRaR > *hë:nnaR > hennar

> Why would nz>nn after a heavy syl. (long V)?

That's regular: *nz > nn after long vowels and diphthongs
and sometimes after short vowels.

Have to run; I'll look at the rest later.

Brian