PIE *a -- a preliminary checklist

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 52952
Date: 2008-02-13

Examples of roots containing non-laryngeal *a

(1) Probable cases of "plain velar" colouring:

*bHag- 'share, divide', *kalh1- 'call', *kan- 'sing', *kap- 'hold',
*kap-ro- 'male animal', *karp- 'pluck', *magH- 'be able', sak-ro-
'holy', skabH- 'scratch', *tag- 'touch'.

(2) Probable cases of fundamental *a (*a:/*a umlaut):

*bHars- 'barley', *dHabH-ro- 'skillful', *dHal- 'spring forth', *g^Hans-
'goose', *gHladH- 'smooth', *hjag^- 'worship', *hnas- 'nose', *h1albH-o-
'white', *k^ad- 'fall', *k^as-o- 'grey, hare', *ladH- 'hide', *las-
'covet', *mad- 'moisten', *mag^- 'smear, knead', *mak^- 'long', *plag-
'beat', *sag^- 'search', *sal- 'salt', *tag- 'order', *wag^- 'break'.

Piotr