Re: Lith. žinóti - why not a root g^neHH-?

On 2009-10-13 00:09, alexandru_mg3 wrote:

> Lat. (g^)no:sco: is reconstructed *g^neh3-ske/o with an unusual
> full-grade in the root considered as 'a late formation'
>
> Same 'late formation' is assume for Albanian njoh reconstructed this
> time as *g^ne:h3-ske/o (under 'the influence of' *g^ne:h3-s)
>
> The standard form should have been *g^nh3-ske/o but I don't know if is
> attested somewhere (I think that is unattested)

Not necessarily. If it was based on or influenced by the acrostatic stem
*g^ne:h3-s-/*g^noh3-s-, the full grade is expected, cf. Av. xVafsa- <
*swep-sk^e/o-, from a Narten root.

Piotr