Re: Family terms [was: Kluge's Law in Italic?]

W dniu 2012-02-14 14:36, Tavi pisze:

> I also haven't seen any explanation of why this *h2 gives /a/ in Latin
> pater but /i/ in Iu:piter, Iuppiter like in Indic.

Because (some special environments aside) in a non-initial open syllable
all Latin short vowels are weakened to /i/. Compare cano:/cecini:,
dedi:/reddidi:, caput/capitis, etc. If you haven't ever seen "any
explanation" of one of the best-known phonological rules in Latin, just
read any history of the language. They all explain it.

Piotr