From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 55460
Date: 2008-03-18
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From: "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 4:36 AM
Subject: Re: Re: Re[3]: [tied] Latin -idus as from dH- too
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
>
> To recapitulate what I've said about */e:/:
>
> There are at least three sources for PIE *e:
> (1) Szemerényi lengthening of *-éCF (where F = /s/ or /h2/)
> > *-é:C(F), in the nominative singular (*-s), the NA plural
> n. (*-h2) and the s-aorist (*-s-).
> Miguel
> =================
>
> Why should this Sz. lengthening not apply
> to *yekwr. and *gwher ?
> It's so obvious.
>
> Arnaud
> ============
>
> (2) vr.ddhi in thematic derivatives, e.g. *me:ms-ó-
> Miguel
> ==========
>
> The Arabic word laHma "piece of meat"
> < *naHma
> has a laryngeal that can explain why
> *me:m-so is long.
> No need of any vr.ddhi
>
> *naHm > me:m-s-o
> Simple and clean.
>
> Note that short PAA *a = PIE *e
> As is logical and obvious.
> As I stated from the start.
>
> Your theory is just so incredibly
> absurd, useless and indequate.
>
> Arnaud
> ===============
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