Re: [tied] xW>v>w (was: -tlo- vs -tro-)

--- Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

> On 2007-07-09 05:39, stlatos wrote:
>
> > Again:
> >
> >>> where does
> >>> *dov- come from?
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by "*dov-". Just the
> treatment of *doh3-ih1-
> in Itlic?

Not at all; that was just one example:

*dovixY+ > L duim

*dovenai > G inf. dou^nai (Cyp to-ve-na-i); Skt da:váne:

*dove:+ etc > Lith pret. daviau~

And as I said, analogy adding xW to w that itself actually came from
xW > E know, glow; Lith do:vanà 'gift'.

> I don't exclude the possibility of *-w-
> directly reflecting
> intervocalic *-h3-, but what does it prove about the
> supposed behaviour
> of intervocalic *h1?

Nothing directly, but since I'm talking about both I'm giving ev.
for each change.