Re: Re[2]: [tied] Re: Horses' Asses and the Indo-European Homeland

From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 60368
Date: 2008-09-26

A substantial number of *a(: )- initials in PIE roots are  the result of this process: *a(: )kWa( : )-.
 
Patrick
 
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Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 3:02 PM
Subject: Re[2]: [tied] Re: Horses' Asses and the Indo-European Homeland

At 3:35:40 PM on Friday, September 26, 2008, Patrick Ryan
wrote:

> Aspiration [h] becomes voiced [H] which is assimilated to
> the quality of the following vowel: [H] + [a] -> [a] + [a]
> -> [aa].

Plain loss of initial [h] is common as mud; is anyone aware
of a real example of this fortitive process?

Brian