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

> What does it take for you to understand that PIE *i comes from

avocalic *y;

> and PIE *u comes from avocalic *w.
>
> Those are consonants.

How do you know that *w and *y are not non-syllabic variants of the
vowels *u and *i?

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It's - nearly - impossible to tell a proto-vowel *i or *u
from a proto-consonant *y or *w,
when you remain within the boundaries of PIE "bubble".

Arnaud

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