Re: [tied] Re: Saussure laryngeal loss

On 2007-08-25 09:34, stlatos wrote:

> It doesn't matter how reasonable it is. It's fine to make a theory
> as a start, but then evidence should be carefully examined to confirm
> or deny it. In my examinations there are definitely reasons to
> reject this *mno+ entirely.

And will you invent individual explanations for such items as
*moi[h]-no- 'change', *wol[h2]-nah2 'wound', *wos-nah2 'purchase',
*bHor-no- 'child', etc., thus disqualifying them as evidence? Have you
really examined the data?

Piotr