glottalic theory

[Mag.Hans-Joachim Alscher]

Peter &/or Graham schrieb:

> I've read recently that early Finnish borrowings from Germanic (e.g. aja-
> "drive") show that the traditional plain voiced stops (PIE *g & *d) were
> indeed voiced in proto-Germanic.  This means they could not have been
> voiceless ejectives as the glottalicists suggest.   (Voiced implosives would
> not explain the near absence of *b).   The writer of the article suggested a
> process by which voiceless ejectives became voiced in Germanic, and then
> devoiced, which rather removes any advantage the glottalic theory has over
> the traditional theory in explaining the Germanic sound shift.

> Can anyone out there confirm the Finnish evidence, and if it is indeed
> accurate, can anyone show how we can continue to support the glottalic
> theory in the face of it?

Do you know the theory of Merlingen that *bh/*dh/*gh... represent original
implosive b / d / g ...? [PIE system *p,t,k,kw,k´/*(b),d,g,gw,g´/*implosive
b,d,g,gw,g´ ~ 'b,'d,'g,'gw,'g´].

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