The evidence clearly shows that in Hittite _all_ stressed
/e/'s were long, whether etymologically short or long. As I
already mentioned, the evidence from the other Anatolian
languages (e.g. Lydian <bira>) shows that in the case of
<pé:r>, the length _is_ etymological.
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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Let's admit *pe:r and *ke:r existed.
Why should it not be a synchronic
(anatolian) lenghthening of
*pern > *per:
*kerd > *ke:r
Because Anatolian does not accept clusters
and "prefers" long vowels.
What is the documentation for
the other cases where you have *e: ?
Arnaud
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