Re: Re[3]: [tied] Latin -idus as from dH- too

On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:36:45 +0100, "fournet.arnaud"
<fournet.arnaud@...> wrote:

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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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>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
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>Why should this Sz. lengthening not apply
>to *yekwr.

1) Because it's a neuter.

2) Even if it wasn't a neuter, because it's yé:kWr and not
*yékWo:r.

>and *gwher ?

It might apply to Nsg. *g^hwé:r but hardly to the Npl. which
is consistently *g^hwé:res (Grk. thêres, Lith. z^vé:res,
-y~s, Slav. zvêrIje).

>***dhe:ghom does not exist
>Anatolian is ambiguous and does not
>permit to contrast any e from e:
>As you have repeatedly explained
>but failed to understand what it entails
>for your theory.

As I have repeatedly explained, Anatolian provides clear
evidence to distinguish between /e/, /e:/ and /eh1/.

>*steu
>Hittite isduwai has no e(:) at all (!)
>Greek steumai has short e (!)

Exactly! Being a middle it should have zero grade.
Middles with full grade vowel are Narten forms (with
original long vowel).

>skrt root is stu

Present sg. staumi, stausi, stauti (*ste:u-mi, -si, -ti).

Learn about "Narten presents".


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