Re: *a/*a: ablaut

From: tgpedersen
Message: 52943
Date: 2008-02-13

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:
>
> > ===========
> >
> > dheH1-s "put !"
> > dhoH1 "doer"
> >
> > Phonological contrast !?
> > "Paire Minimale"
>
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/46796
>
> Torsten
>
> ===========
>
> So what ?
> Dear comrade Torsten !?
> ====
> Is this what I have to look at :
> **
> But it gets worse.
> Low German
> 2sg deist, 3sg deit, 123pl doot
> No umlaut is possible here. The 2sg and 3g forms look like direct
> descendants of PIE *dhe:(i)- "put"
> **
> Arnaud
>
Yes. Didn't you?


Torsten