Re: Latin -idus as from dH- too

Richard, I think the Thai evidence convinced me of the possibility.

I am only saying that I think better explanations for the Latin anomalies
exist: like Brugmann's -*d formant.


Patrick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Wordingham" <richard@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 1:55 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: Latin -idus as from dH- too


--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
wrote:
> However, I still do not believe that PIE *H+*t -> *d.

The pre-Latin development (h + t > th > þ > ð > d) makes sense. For ?
+ t, that fits in with some of the Afroasiatic developments of the
cognates of Semitic emphatics.

Richard.