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

Fair enough.

Can you give me a *CV:- root where the data lead you to conclude that the
long vowel is _not_ occasioned by a final 'laryngeal'?

And what criteria were persuasive in reaching this conclusion.


Patrick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 12:37 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: The meaning of life: PIE. *gWiH3w-


> On 2008-02-12 04:03, Patrick Ryan wrote:
>
> > I am not sure I understand what you are saying.
> >
> > Do you mean you are questioning whether or not such a root should br
> > reconstructed at all?
> >
> > Or that the data dp not allow you to decide among the two
> > possibilities?
>
>
> I'm saying that the data are messy, so until we sort them out it's hard
> to say which reconstruction they support.
>
> Piotr
>
>