Re: Mitanni and Matsya

On 2008-04-06 00:15, Miguel Carrasquer Vidal wrote:

> If the traditional explanation is correct (metathesis of
> *weru- > ewru-), we don't need an initial laryngeal here.
> But what kind of form is *werú-? Can it be from *wrHú-? I
> would expect *(F)arú- or *hurú-...

That's why I suggest *wérh1os > *h1érwos > eûros (affecting the
adjective by analogy). The same may have happened in the higher grades
of the adjective, with regular full vocalism in the root.

Piotr