Re: *a/*a: ablaut

From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 52931
Date: 2008-02-13

>Skt. yáj-yu 'pious' < PIE *ieh2g^-iu- (Skt. yájati `honour with
>offers and prayer')
>
>As Beekes said the :
>"The connection [with Grk (h)agios 'holy' and the PIE *ieh2g^-] is
>semantically unobjectionable"

The root is *yag-. I see no reason for a laryngeal here.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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I agree there is no laryngeal.
Ultimately the root is *z_k? "pure"

Arnaud
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