Re: Latin -idus as from dH- too

On 2008-03-16 10:20, alexandru_mg3 wrote:

> Another word for Piotr an Miguel is Skt a:ti' 'duck' < *h2nh2-t'i
> (accented on final i)
>
> The reasonant is vocalized here not the laryngeal.
>
> The nil-grade here showed us that very probable the accent was
> originary on the last syllable

And what does the full grade of Gmc. *an&ð- and Balto-Slavic *anHt-
suggest to you? My interpretation of Miguel's suggestion is that the
"preaspirated" allophone of *t arose at a historical stage in the
development of PIE when thematic *-ó- was inherently accented and
*-i-/*-u- were inherently unaccented. Accented *-tí- is a secondary
development (though of course of PIE date).

Piotr