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

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 49316
Date: 2007-07-04

On 2007-07-05 00:08, Brian M. Scott wrote:

> If I'm not mistaken, PScand. stressed *ai becomes /a:/
> before *h, so there's no need for anything different from
> *taih-.

Cf. ON eiga, pret. átti vs. OE a:gan, a:hte. The same happened before
*r, e.g. Goth. áir 'early' = ON ár.

Piotr