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

> > The word started out as *gWa-. When a glottal stop was added, it
> > lengthened and preserved the earliest vowel quality -> *gWa:-
> > (*gWaH{2}-). Without lengthening, the vowel reverted to the vowel
> > of an stress-accented root syllable -> *gWé- to which -*y could be
> > added, producing *gWéy-, 'live'; rather than your decomposed
> > answer, just add -*m to it and -> *gWem-.
> >
> Nope. AFAIK the ablaut vowel was PPIE (= proto-proto-IE) /a/. it
> became /e/, /o/ or zero, but stayed /a/ before /x/.
>
>
> What do you mean by Ablaut vowel in PPIE?

*The* ablaut vowel in PPIE.

> What distinguishes PPIE from PIE is the introduction of the
> Ablautvokal.
>
> PPIE had /a/, /e/, and /o/.

I think you might be confusing my PPIE with your PPIE.

> > Piotr wants to assume a third variant in -*w -? *gWew-; from my
> > perspective, the existence of this variant in Proto-Afrasian leads
> > to a probability that it existed in PIE, and so his case is
> > strengthened.

From my perspective the variation of the last consonant in both the
Semitic and the IE root tells me they're somehow related. Thus they
are probably loans.

> I strongly suspect my old friend /n,gW/ (traditionally *gW) is afoot
>
> Yes, I do not want to offend our friends in le bel pays by being
> more specific.

If that was another pun I didn't get that one either.


Torsten