H1 and t??

[Miguel Carrasquer Vidal]

Jens Elmegaard Rasmussen <jer at cphling.dk> wrote:

>Now, it is also a fact that s-stems have alternants with
>stem-final /t/: *nem-os/-es- 'worship', *nem-eto-s 'holy'; *lewk-ot/-es-
>'daylight', and the eternally troublesome *meH1-not-/*meH1-ns- 'month' and
>the ptc. in *-wot-/-us-.

I note that at least the last two examples seem to show an
inverted "reading rule".  We have meH1not(s), Gen. meH1n(e)sos;
and Skt. nom/acc. n. sg. -vat (*-wot), vs. fem. -us.i: (*-wsiH2)
etc.  In other words, these look like cases of -t word-finally
and -s- medially.  What to make of them?

As to *meH1- itself, it is interesting to note the variant *met-
(Pokorny 2. me:-, me-t- "mow" (*H2meH1-/*H2met-) and 3. me:-,
me-t- "measure", forms with *met-, like Slav. meto~ referenced
there).  That looks like *metV ~ *meH1/*meH1C-.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv at wxs.nl
Amsterdam