From: stlatos
Message: 67773
Date: 2011-06-14
>I am aware of what occurred. It is not found only in Gmc.
> W dniu 2011-06-13 23:05, stlatos pisze:
> >
> > If you think the -u- in Gmc needs only a Gmc expl., perhaps you've
> > noticed that -u- that appears to replace -x- varied w/out expl. >
> > u/i/a/0 , as in widamo , etc., just as i > i/a/0 in * wógWH-n.i-s.ón.+
> > > wogWH-n.à-s.on.+ . All u/i from any source can so change. Since this
> > happens in all IE branches, all w/out expl., it is very old and can't
> > be expl. w/in Gmc alone.
> >
> In Germanic, we often find "suffix ablaut": the unstressed vowel of an
> internal syllable varies between different qualities (the variation me
> be subject to dialectal preferences) no matter what its pre-Gmc. source.
> In the case of *wet(V)man-, /u/ is the most common reflex, but not the
> exclusive one. But compare e.g. OHG esil, Goth asilus (with an
> etymological /i/, VL asilu-) vs. OE eosol, esul, in which the suffix
> must have acquired its *u after the operation of palatal umlaut! Similar
> variation is found also in modern times. cf. English <stomach> or
> <rabbit>, which may or may not rhyme with <economic> and <abbot>,
> respectively.