From: alexandru_mg3
Message: 50698
Date: 2007-12-04
> II.3. > Why wasn't this *e diphthongised to /ja/?The last accented syllable is the single explanation for the unusual
>
> Originary, *pert-ik-'a: was an a:-stem accented on the last syllable
> *pert-ik-'a:
>
> (a) is not unusual, to have a:-stems accented on the last syllable
> (b) no direct link, but it is the same accent position as in Greek (h)
> ipp-ik-'os 'belonging to horses'
>
> Next both non-accented e- became /&/
>
> When the accent was retired the new accented /&/ became /I/ in
> Romanian /n&pIrk&/
>
>
> Marius