Re: Priimary Stem Formants: =*H, -*i/y, *-u/w

From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 56965
Date: 2008-04-07

A very great number of the PIE roots that we find are *C + one of the stem
formants above:

-*H, -*I/y, -*u/w

Another large number combine two of these primary stem formants:

*CVHi-, *CVHu-

Without reaching outside of PIE for answers, is it possible to determine
what the earliest meaning of these formants?


Patrick