On 2008-03-15 15:01, alexandru_mg3 wrote:
> I need to add that dHugh2te'r itself HAVING a VOCALIZED
> LARYNGEAL SHOWS THE ASPIRATION OF g > gh but NOT the pre-aspiration
> of -t-
This particular type of aspiration by *h2 is Indo-Iranian and not PIE
(Ved. duhitá: but Gk. tHugáte:r). The pre-Indo-Aryan phonetic
realisation of interconsonantal *h2 must have been something like *[hI],
since the initial syllable may "make a position" (i.e. scan as heavy) in
the RV (*dHug,hI,tá:(r) -- the commas indicate syllable boundaries).
Similarly, we have pr.tHiví: < *pr.t,hI,wíh < *pl.th2w-íh2 (but Gk.
platús), etc. Your paradoxes result from confusing PIE phonetic
processes with branch-specific ones.
Piotr