Semivowels In Sanskrit
petegray
petegray at btinternet.com
Fri May 11 19:25:18 UTC 2001
> What is interesting, I think, is that /vy-/ (or /wy-/) occurred
> though /yv-/ (or /yw-) did not.
Only marginally connected with the above -- I find it striking that we
have -va- < *-un.- in the 3 plural of a word like juhvati (and other such
words). The rest of the active has weak stem juhu-, and there are a number
of -anti forms for the 3 plural. So does the lack of a 3 pl. *juhunti tell
us something about Sanskrit analogical pressures, or something about
Sanskrit semivowels, and if so, what?
Peter
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