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

If you have the sequence -*e:H2, and the *H2 neither colors nor lengthened
the vowel, hod did *e: get to be long in the first place?

Patrick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...>
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Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 2:17 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: The meaning of life: PIE. *gWiH3w-


> On 2008-02-11 20:33, Patrick Ryan wrote:
>
> > Nor was it lengthened???
>
> It doesn't seem to have been. Its normal reflex is just *e:. The
> lengthened grade was not coloured by *h3 either; the showcase example is
> *g^ne:h3-s- > Hitt. gane:s(s)- 'recognise, find out', Toch. kn~as- 'find
> one's way' (Ved. ajn~a:sam).
>
> Piotr
>
>