Re: [tied] Re: nu:któs

On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 11:38:02 +0100, "P&G"
<G.and.P@...> wrote:

>nux has its -u- vowel by Cowgill's Law. Can that apply to long vowel -o-,
>or produce a long -u- (which seems unlikely)? Or does its operation in
>this word mean the -u- must be short?

That's what I was wondering when I saw <nu:któs> in Pokorny.
I haven't seen Cowgill's original treatment, but Sihler
gives only examples with short <u>, if we exclude the verbal
suffix -nu:- ~ -nu-. Another interesting word is <onoma> ~
<enuma>.

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