From: Torsten
Message: 67113
Date: 2011-01-17
>The -en is -Én. -a-É- to -ayÉ- is not a natural phonetic development.
> At 4:07:27 AM on Monday, January 17, 2011, Torsten wrote:
>
> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott"
> > <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 <drÄjan>.
>
> >>> 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
> >> <drÄan>.
>
> > That doesn't make any it better. *-a-a- to *-aya- is not a
> > natural phonetic development.
>
> It does if at least one of the pair is not a back vowel, but
> rather in the [a] ~ [æ] range. As was evidently the case in
> OHG (<draen>, <drajan>, <drajen>, etc.).