Re: Fw: [tied] English Lack of /a/ (was: The oddness of Gaelic word

Richard,

Thank you.

I appreciate your opinion regardless of its "weight".

Patrick

----- Original Message -----

From: Richard Wordingham

To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 1:28 PM

Subject: Re: Fw: [tied] English Lack of /a/ (was: The oddness of Gaelic words in p-)

--- In cybalist@... s.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@ ...>
wrote:

> Richard, speaking of short vowels only, I wonder if you agree with
Miguel
> and myself in believing that
>
> pre-PIE *Ci/a/u
>
> became
>
> late pre-PIE *CYV, *CV, *CWV
>
> which subsequently became
>
> PIE *CA (where *A is the Ablautvokal: *e / *o / *° / *Ø)

It's appealing, but I've not looked for evidence to back it up, so my
current opinion of the matter carries no weight.

Richard.