Re: Question about uH

Thank you,

I have another question about words :

deti "child" and deva "girl"

is <de-> from *dheH1- or from *dh-schwa-yod-

or something else ?

What is to be thought about that ?

Another question :

In Pokorny's data (from Kiliaan)

udder in Middle-Low-German is eur and N-eur, N-ur with #n- variant,

what is the explanation for n- (een, ein ?) ?

A.F

----- Original Message -----

From: Piotr Gasiorowski

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Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 3:13 PM

Subject: [Courrier indésirable] Re: [tied] Question about uH

On 2007-11-25 21:33, fournet.arnaud wrote:

> I feel it odd that long u can become vy with initial #v-
> Should it not be *w-schwa-H-dh- m ?

No, it's OK. The vowel spelt "y" in Slavic reconstructions reflects long
*u: of whatever origin. It's realisation in the modern languages varies
(it's generally unrounded and high, but can be back, middle of
centralised front); however, it was once rounded, hence the prothetic v-
(from *[w]) before it.

It's the same in other words beginning with *u:- or *u-; they have
Slavic vy-, vU-. Most Slavic languages dislike empty syllable onets and
often fill them up in this way, hence also e- > je-, e^-, a- > ja-, etc.

Piotr