W dniu 2012-06-08 12:41, Bhrihskwobhloukstroy pisze:
> again the same disregard for ablaut. Nothing excludes a
> straightforward *Dru-n.t.i(a)h2 (with Lindeman anlaut /druw-/) >
> Druantia.
Lindeman variants are not found in polysyllabic words. As far as I can
see, the *expected* PIE syllabification of /CRG-/ (C = obstruent, R =
liquid, G = glide) before a syllabic segment was [CRG.G-], not [CR.G-]
(e.g. *trijo-, *druwo- rather than *tr.jo-, *dr.wo-). In other words,
*druwn.t-ih2 would have been a perfectly normal feminine participle
formed to the root *dreu- (=> *druwént-).
Interestingly, nasals *were* syllabic before glides, as in the present
stem *gWm.-je/o-, etc. This no doubt has to do with the degree of onset
markedness (CR-type onsets are universally more common / less marked
than the CN type).
Piotr