> > oh, and H2 is the right laryngeal (probably pronounced /x/- which would
> > make
> > pH2ter /pxter/
> >
>
> Nice cluster isn't it? :)) This one gave short a in Latin and Greek
(pater) but
> short i in Sanskrit (pitar). Is it possible for /x/ to become that? I
wonder by
> which sound changes it evolved that way... No wonder why people can't
agree on
> the phonetic content of the laryngeals (they already can't agree on their
> number, so :))) ).
>
Yeah, the /a/ sound makes some sense, because, well, it's a back sound...and
velar laryngeals changing into back vowels aren't entirely impossible.
Now with the /x/ to /I/ thing...
how about:
/x/ > /@/ > /I/
pH2ter > p@ter > pitar
that makes some sense, especially as Late IE (Post Hittite) seems to have
made a laryngeal to schwa shift.