Re: The meaning of life: PIE. *gWiH3w-

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

>
> On 2008-02-08 21:24, tgpedersen wrote:
>
> > But what if the verb was really PIE *gWHe/-h2/-m/-w/, reduplicated
> > *gWegWHow, with Grassmann. When decomposed, one could get both
> > *gWem- -> come etc and *gWHe- -> go etc, cf
> > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/46820
> >
> > Any comments, Piotr?
>
> Grassmann's Law in PIE?

The fact that it applies in both Greek and Sanskrit indicates that the
rule was an active rule, which goes back to PIE; something like
<aspirated>V<aspirated> -> <unaspirated>V<aspirated>, but actively
applied at any given stage (nice, huh? I just invented that).

> Besides, neither Gmc. *GanG-a- nor WGmc.
> *Ga:-/*Gai- contain old *gWH-.

PIE *kWol-so- > PGerm. *hals, PIE *gWow- > cow etc. How is PIE *gWHo-
doing?

The thing caught my eye was the alternation PGerm. *gan,g-/*ga:-,
similar to PIE *gW-em/-ex


Torsten