From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 67110
Date: 2011-01-17
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott"It does if at least one of the pair is not a back vowel, but
> <bm.brian@...> wrote:
>> At 4:41:13 AM on Sunday, January 16, 2011, Torsten wrote:
>>> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott"
>>> <bm.brian@> wrote:
>>>> At 4:49:33 AM on Tuesday, January 11, 2011, Torsten
>>>> wrote:
>> [...]
>>>>> Still, the Dutch (and LG, 'dreiht' ibd.) -i needs an
>>>>> explanation.
>>>> You mean in <draai->? It's simply a different way of
>>>> breaking the original hiatus, parallel to the OHG
>>>> variant <drājan>.
>>> That's your proposal? I don't think so, *-o-a- to *-oya-
>>> is not a natural phonetic development.
>> Nor did I suggest it. The hiatus in question is the one in
>> <drāan>.
> That doesn't make any it better. *-a-a- to *-aya- is not a
> natural phonetic development.