Re: PIE *a -- a preliminary checklist

That's interesting to hear --a few years back when I
asked whether or not Gmc glottal stop was a relic of
laryngeals, everyone told me no
English, of course, still has glottal stops e.g. an
apple /?aen ?aepL/

--- Richard Wordingham <richard@...>
wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister
> <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:
>
> > If so, was there a stage when Gmc had laryngeals?
>
> Will a single one do? German has merged initial
> laryngeals to a
> glottal stop, as had Old English.
>
> Richard.
>
>

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