Re: xW/w (was: Lithuanian diphthongs)

From: stlatos
Message: 67751
Date: 2011-06-13

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:
>
> W dniu 2011-06-12 21:50, stlatos pisze:
>
> > Because of the whole point of my theory: that xW > w here. G then had
> > the same change as Slav.
>
> In other words, *h3 developed into a *w which then disappeared (for
> whatever reason), leaving no trace either in Slavic or in Greek. And we
> are seriously expected to accept this invisible reflex as convincing
> evidence for *h3 > *w?


It isn't invisible; there's -u- in Gmc. It would be difficult to explain why -u- disappeared elsewhere if it weren't -w- first (since w- in the word allows dis.).