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

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From: "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
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Subject: [tied] Re: The meaning of life: PIE. *gWiH3w-


--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:
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> At 6:45:35 AM on Saturday, February 9, 2008, Patrick Ryan
> wrote:
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> > From: "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
>
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Extra evidence: besides consonant stems, PIE has -i, -u and thematic
stems, ie (the latter) stems ending in the thematic vowel. If PPIE was
a three-vowel language (i, a, u), we'd have a perfect match.

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Well, let us take this a step at a time.

You are saying PPIE had three vowels, which I interpret to mean that roots
had three basic forms: *CiC, *CaC, and *Cuc.

Your Ablautvokal in PIE derives from PPIE *a.

What happened to *CiC and *CuC?

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Nothing further to add. Except possibly that the scheme isn't mine, I
picked it up on the way from someone in cybalist. Or from Møller?


Torsten

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Good, then I can cut this unwieldy thing down a little.


Patrick

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