Re: Latin /a/ after labials, IE *mori

From: alexandru_mg3
Message: 63943
Date: 2009-05-28

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:


> Jens Rasmussen posits a special acrostatic pattern with *ó/*á (his other
> examples are *stom-(n-) 'mouth' and *loku- 'lake').


for loku- > lacu-
the Rule [ lo- > la- in open syllable] fits well together with
mo-CV- > ma-CV- and wo-CV- > wa-CV-


as for the possible counter examples:
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locus (<stlokos) has no clear etymology. Could be a loan too
lo(:)custa has no clear etymology either. so is in the same situation
and for
loqui: we have tlukW- in Celtic and tlk- in Slavic
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Marius


P.S. *ó/*á is really strange for PIE.