Re: xW/w (was: Lithuanian diphthongs)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "stlatos" <stlatos@...> wrote:

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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "stlatos" <stlatos@> wrote:
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> > The ex. with * d*oxW+ 'give' might include:
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> > * wedH+d*oxWn.ó+ > * wedHd*-xW-n.ó+ 'wedding gift'
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> > OE wituma 'dowry'
> > etc.
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> > if xW>w>u, but it's hard to tell since x() > _ > u (filled in by the unmarked V) was opt. between syl. in Gmc.
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> Possibly also:
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> * wedHd*-xW-n.ó+ > wed-u-mó+ > med-u-wó+
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> OIr Medb
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> if she was orig. the goddess of marriage, as suspected.
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Possibly also:

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wedHd*-xW-n.ó+
wed*-xW-n.ó+
wed*-w-n.ó+
wed*-n.ó+ dis.

vEno = dowry OCS;


It's the exact type and order of changes that is only possible; the common origin itself is fairly certain as it's needed to explain the dH / d alt. (resp. for V > VV), among others.