Re: Re[2]: [tied] RE: 'Vocalic Theory'

Someone was trying to suggest they were the same.

Patrick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...>
To: "Patrick Ryan" <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 12:36 AM
Subject: Re[2]: [tied] RE: 'Vocalic Theory'


> At 8:35:42 PM on Saturday, March 29, 2008, Patrick Ryan
> wrote:
>
> > From: "Miguel Carrasquer Vidal" <miguelc@...>
>
> >> In fact, cf. *meh2- in e.g. Lat. ma:turus. It can't be
> >> *h1 or *h3, which are lost in Hittite in this position
> >> (*h1 is lost in *any* position).
>
> > *ma:-, 'mature' is *maH-
>
> *mah2- (or if you prefer, *meh2-). According to Watkins,
> it's 'good', with derivatives meaning 'occurring at a good
> moment, timely, seasonable, early'; this certainly fits
> Hitt. <mehur> 'appropriate, correct time'.
>
> > *me:-, 'measure', is *meH-.
>
> *meh1-
>
> > Two different, _unrelated_ words!
>
> Indeed. So?
>
> Brian
>
>
>