Re: Finnish KASKA

It is precisely Umlaut that is the base of my inquiry.


Patrick

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> From: Patrick Ryan
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> Subject: [Courrier indésirable] Re: [tied] Re: Finnish KASKA
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> Jouppe,
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> let me ask it another way:
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> in your view were *ö and *ü part of the earliest PU vowel inventory?
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> Patrick
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> PU is "standard" Proto-World
> and had only *a *i *o *u
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> A lot of contractions like
> v + H-C
> v + P-C
> v + N-C
> Plus Umlaut
> v _ i
>
> created confusion and
> apparent "irregularities".
>
> Arnaud
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