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

On 2009-05-28 21:02, alexandru_mg3 wrote:

> The rules are:
> --------------------------------------------------------
> 1.a mo-CV- > ma-CV- (so in open syllable)
>
> mori- > mare
> mon- > manus

Why, then, moneo: < *mon-éje/o-? Why mora < *(s)mor-ah2?

OTOH, a reduced-grade /a/ (or a Lindeman treatment of initial *mn-) can
occur in *maneo: < *m(&)n-éh1-.

> 2.a mork/g- > mark/g-
>
> morg^o:n > margo:
> mr.keh1- > morce:- > marce:re
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
> Similar rules are:
> 2.a wo-CV- > wa-CV- (so in open syllable)
> 2.b work/g- > wark/g- (r+velar)

Examples?

Piotr