*G^EN-

[proto-language]

Dear Rich and IEists:

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich Alderson" <alderson+mail at panix.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 11:12 AM

> On 24 May 2001, Pat Ryan wrote:

>> 1. the opinion was expressed that the root should properly be reconstructed
>> as *g^enH(1)- rather than *g^en-; is this a majority opinion?

> Yes.  Its appearance in Sanskrit as _ja:-_ ~ _jani-_ and in Greek as _gene-_
> require it.

[PCR]
So they do, which I have never doubted.

Are you also asserting that, therefore, there is
no *g^en-?

Pat

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