Re: dhuga:ter ('LARYNGEALS')

On 2008-03-25 15:06, Miguel Carrasquer Vidal wrote:

> Of course. But isn't vocalized *h3 also an option in the
> Celtic words?

I'm not sure; my impression is that a laryngeal would not have been
vocalised in this position, see *h2(h1)s-ter- > Celt. *ster-. And of
course Gk. astragalos points to *h2, not *h3.

> As to "eye", it could be *h3ekW-{}/*h3kw-{} or
> *h3okW-{}/*h3ekW-{}, of course, but I have some theoretical
> objections against *h3VkW- as a root (with two labialized
> segments on both sides of the vowel). I would rather expect
> *h1okW- and/or *h3ok(^)-, with dissimilation.

First, it isn't absolutely certain that *h3 was labialised. Secondly, if
we have *wekW- 'speak', wegW- 'moisten', *gWou- 'cow', *gWih3(w)-
'live', then why not *h3ekW-?

Piotr