From: Kishore patnaik
Message: 57712
Date: 2008-04-20
> 1. As Piotr has remarked several times, the first syllable ofRichard,
> _duhita:_ 'daughter' is long by position. The explanation is that in
> open syllables a vocalic laryngeal had resolved itself into consonant
> plus vowel, only for the consonant to subsequently vanish leaving just
> /i/.
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