Re: *a/*a: ablaut

And just where in Pokorny does one find your *kuH-, 'bite'?

Patrick

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> > ===========
> > and *k^uo:n (a quasi-participle with a a lost
> > *t at the end? cf. *xunða-) might be a formation parallel to *h1d-ónt-.
> > The problem is of course that it's unanalysable in terms of known IE
> > etyma unless Hamp was right about the connection with *pek^u-
> > (*pk^w-ón(t)- might work).
> > Piotr
> > ========
> > *kuH2-on is a derivative of *kuH2.8 "to bite".
> > Some kind of a participle.
> > Arnaud
> > ========
>
> Equally likely is a derivation from 1. *k^e:u-, 'waggle'.
>
> Patrick
> ===========
> From a macro-comparative viewpoint,
> only kuH "bite" makes sense.
> Cf. eskimo keReR-laq "wolf" from keR "bite".
> And keH1- cannot yield Kabyle a-qzhun
> only H2 can.
>
> Arnaud
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