Re: Albanian as a satem langauge

From: Tavi
Message: 69045
Date: 2012-03-20

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:
>
> > Could you yield more information on the last point? On the non-satem lgs
> > with traces of *K - *K' distinction, I mean. Thanks,
>
> I had two things in mind:
>
> (1) The tendency of the "plain" *K series to colour an adjacent *e to
> *a, visible also in the non-satem remainder of IE.
>
But this is exactly what *h2 makes. IMHO the implications are:
1) *h2 is part of the "plain velar" series.
2) This series was probably uvular.