[tied] Re: Sanskrit "hrd" and "hanu"

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:

>
> 1) Laryngeals don't vocalize. This means that PIE schwa is not a
> reflex of the laryngeals. The triple representation of schwa in Greek
> is just an analogical extension of zero-grade to full grade.
>
> Q :
> What about Greek astêr < H2stêr "star" ?
> Isn't this an inherited vocalized laryngal ?
> I see no full-grade to enable analogical coloring.

How do you account for Hittite haster which looks like e-grade to me?
I'm certainly no expert on Hittite, but wouldn't *h2ster > aster in
Hittite?

> As for the difference between Greek a < PIE Schwa and Greek a e

o as reflexes of H123,

> you should read Kurylowicz.

I don't have access to any of his writings. Do you know of any online
sources? Nothing that I've read deals with the possibility of
analogical restoration of full grade forms as an explanation for the
triple representation of schwa in Greek.