From: "Jörg Rhiemeier" <joerg_rhiemeier@...>
> > Take
> > *wl.kWos, for example. The accent is on the /l./, which would've arose
> > only by reduction of unaccented vowels. It seems to me that the simplest
> > reconstruction is this:
> >
> > wálkWa-s > welkWos > wl.kWos
> >
> > This means that there was a change such that wel- > wl.-. Is that
> > realistic? I can see no other plausible origin for wl.kWos.
>
> The form *wl.kWos is indeed problematic as it requires a reduction
> of an accented vowel, which seems unlikely. I think the accent was
> on the *o, and later retracted by analogy with other thematic nouns.
> This might indicate that it is of different origin than most thematic forms
> which might be adjectival in origin.
How about *septm which is also accented on its syllabic consonant?
*Muke!
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