Re: Li

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From: "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
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Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 12:41 AM
Subject: Re: Re: Re: [tied] Re: Li


>
> I do not see where a "laryngal" is needed since I believe the final long
> *-a(:) was part of the simple root form.
>
> If we add adjectival -*y to the full form, -*a: + -*y combines to form
> *g^hlé:-; if we add the color formant -*w(o) to the full form, -*a: + -*w
> combines to form *g^hló:-.
> Patrick
>
> ==========
> I don't think PIE, as a prehistorical stage,
> had "natural" long vowels
> that is to say vowels not rewrittable as v + H.
> It's very "costly" from a descriptive point of view
> to admit natural long vowels in PIE.
>
> Which roots do you have that have the shape
> C v: C ?
>
> Such a form as *ghl-a:-w entails a syllabic structure
> like CC-vv-C-
> another costly hypothesis...
>
> According to you,
> in the word eight :
> LAtin octâw-us should be octô.
> As far as I know : it's octâvus.
>
> I cannot see how a:+w can become o:
> in either latin or greek.
>
> > Arnaud
> > ================

*pe/e:d-


'Eight' in Pokorny is listed under *ok^to:(u)-.


Patrick

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