Re: Anser (was: swallow vs. nighingale)

> A.F :
>
> I have written that Chinese was oxytonic (stressed on last vowel)

and that this caused a major syllabic "crunch" in this language.

>
> Now, if you look at pages 607/608 of the above reference,
> pleng : flat surface => Cf. PIE pel(H2)
> pling : full => Cf. PIE pel(H1/w)
> pral : forehead => cf. PIE per(H2)
> prut : boil => Cf. PIE bherew-
> pwa(:)r : fire => Cf. PIE puH2ar
>
> It is quite clear that these words are cognates not loanwords.
> They had more than one syllable in ST before the "crunch".

Why is that quite clear?


Torsten