Re: [pieml] Labiovelars versus Palatals + Labiovelar Approximant

On 2008-11-02 07:30, tgpedersen wrote:

> Aren't Gmc. wa- and ja- stems thematicized old u- and i- stems? If so,
> I could claim
> *´-uo-, *-uó- > *-´uo, *-wó- > *´-u-, *-wá- > *´-u, *´-wa
> *´-io-, *-ió- > *-´io, *-jó- > *´-i-, *-já- > *´-i, *´-ja

In general, no. For example, <teoru> comes from *derwo-, a thematic
derivative already in PIE. Most instances of *-jo- or *-io- > Gmc. *-ja-
have nothing to do with i-stems.

Piotr