Re: PIE -*C-presents

----- Original Message -----
From: "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: PIE -*C-presents


> On 2008-02-19 15:28, Patrick Ryan wrote:
>
> > I am a (fanatic) believer in the idea that PIE roots had only two
> > permissible forms:
> >
> > *CV, and
> >
> > *CVC(V).
>
> This might be true of some pre-stage of the protolanguage, but not of
> PIE. There are many roots ending in *-CC. In some cases it can be
> demonstrated that the final consonant is an old, obscured suffix, and we
> can even recover some features of pre-PIE phonotactics, like a
> preference for "balanced" *CCeCC- structures rather than *CeCCC-. Thus,
> the addition of an s-extension to a CeCC root changes the position of
> the root vowel:
>
> *h2aug^- 'grow' but *h2weg^s-
> *h2alk- 'defend' but *h2leks-
> *meik^- 'mix' but *mjek^s-
>
> Piotr

***

Unless I am misunderstanding your response, it seems beside my point.

In the words above, I would consider the roots to be:

*Ha(:)w-
*Ha(;)l-
*mey-

Patrick