Re: Vowel Coloring

On 2008-02-16 07:05, stlatos wrote:

> n-N > s-N
>
> *enterno- > L internus, H istarna 'in the middle', istarnya- 'inside'

It could be *h1ens-ter(n)o-, influenced by *h1eg^Hs-ter(n)o-.

> sw- > st-
>
> *sworgheye 'lie ill' > H istarkya- 'fall ill'

The variation s ~ st in Hittite has been proposed before, and this word
is one of the examples quoted to illustrate it, but there are other
possibilities, esp. *(s)terg^H-, as in Ved. {(s)tr.h-} 'injure, harm',
which forms a nasal present in Sanskrit (cf. Hitt. istarnink-).
<istark-iya-> could be compared with *sworgH-eje-, but the basic form of
the verb is an unextended consonantal stem (<istarkzi> etc.).

> This also affects kYL- which became kYw- after the change kYw>kw above:
>
> kYw- > c^w-? > sw-
>
> *kYLu- > L clue:re, H istuwa- 'become famous'

Why not the simplest solution: *steu- 'praise, (mid.) become famous'?

> *kYLewos > *swowos >> H istamas- 'hear, learn'
>
> The change of a special velar to a fricative before w is probably
> also seen in:
>
> *gWixWwo- > *xWigWwo- > *xWidzwo- > *xWizw(a)- > H huisu- 'alive'

The adjective is deverbal in Hittite, and the verb has a consonantal
stem (<huiszi>, ipv. <hue:s>). Again -- why not choose the simplest
solution: *h2wes- 'stay' --> 'exist, remain alive'?

Piotr