Re: *a/*a: ablaut

On 2008-02-12 15:46, Patrick Ryan wrote:

> Regardless of how they are analyzed into segments, would you agree that
> *wa:g^-, *gla:dhu-, and *wa:s- came into PIE with long vowels in place?

Yes, in the sense that long *a: reflects an original pre-PIE vowel (not
a vowel + laryngeal sequence). Whether the vowel was originally long or
became long between pre-PIE and PIE is an open question.

Piotr