Re: Germanic 'bear'

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

> I strongly disagree. Grassmann's Law only applies to those IE languages
> which have true aspirated stops in series III, so IMHO there's no
> justification for reconstructing a "voiced aspirated" (or whatever other
> name you choose) series in PIE.

Are you suggesting that Sanskrit voiced aspirates weren't 'breathy voiced' or 'murmured' as in Hindi?