Re: Missing the sky

From: "Joe Hill" <joe@...>
> > > 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
Kirumbos (Hadwan) makes exactly this shift...

/2/ (whatever it is) > /@/ > /I/

p2ter > f@cer > ficir

    *Muke!
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