Re: xW/w (was: Lithuanian diphthongs)

W dniu 2011-06-13 01:11, stlatos pisze:

> 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.).

Thus, instead of wondering how this *u disappeared elsewhere it might be
more productive to think of how it could have arisen in Germanic. One
simple possibility is this: the weak stem of *(h1)wed-mon- was
*(h1)wed-m.n- > pre-Gmc. *wedumn-, hence a new strong stem, *wedumon-.
No prestidigitation needed.

Piotr