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

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

>
> At 7:19:41 PM on Wednesday, July 4, 2007, stlatos wrote:
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> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott"
> > <BMScott@> wrote:
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> >> At 7:18:24 PM on Tuesday, July 3, 2007, stlatos wrote:
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> >> [...]
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> >> > *doikYo+ > *taikYa+ > *taxYa+ > ON ta:; E toe
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> >> If I'm not mistaken, PScand. stressed *ai becomes /a:/
> >> before *h, so there's no need for anything different from
> >> *taih-.
>
> > What about OHG zaha?
>
> Don't know it; I've seen only <zêha>, with the same
> monophthongization of *ai before *h seen in OHG êht (Goth.
> aihts).

Then it's probably just a misprint. I can see how it might seem
that all my theories on this subject may be based on misprints,
mistakes, and speculations. However, I'm sure that KY existed in
Proto-Germanic, and will keep investigating. I haven't given all my
evidence, but the optional nature of some changes, and the alternative
explanations others have given, make proof difficult.