Hyug-

[Patrick C. Ryan]

[ moderator re-formatted ]

Dear Peter and IEists:

 ----- Original Message -----
From: petegray <petegray at btinternet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 2:25 PM

> I (Peter) commented:

>>> an initial H- added before R?

>> Pat asks:
>> Do you mean as an equivalent substitute for *s-?

> No, not at all.  Merely that since PIE has one fricative prefix (albeit of
> uncertain meaning and status) we should not rule out on ideological grounds,
> the suggestion of another fricative prefix in situations appropriate for its
> particular phonology.

Actually, I think it likeliest that the initial laryngeal in these
circumstances was derived from *?V-, the glottal stop though I suppose that
it may have been transformed into a fricative.

Pat

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