Stang’s Law in Baltic, Greek and Indo-Iranian
The article discusses the development of the Proto-Indo-European sequences *<em>-eum</em> and *<em>-eh<em><sub>2</sub></em>m</em>. The former produced *<em>-ēm</em>, allegedly through loss of *<em>-u-</em> with compensatory leng...
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doaj-cbeb0da7ba8e407288fbbb3ad6f6c7492020-11-24T20:48:21ZdeuVilnius UniversityBaltistica0132-65032345-00452017-02-01511193510.15388/baltistica.51.1.22672129Stang’s Law in Baltic, Greek and Indo-IranianTijmen PronkThe article discusses the development of the Proto-Indo-European sequences *<em>-eum</em> and *<em>-eh<em><sub>2</sub></em>m</em>. The former produced *<em>-ēm</em>, allegedly through loss of *<em>-u-</em> with compensatory lengthening of the preceding *<em>-e- </em>(“Stang’s law”), while *<em>-eh<em><sub>2</sub></em>m</em> allegedly produced *<em>-ām</em> within the proto-language <em></em>(“extended Stang’s law”). The evidence for both claims is scrutinized, with special emphasis on the acc.sg. and acc.pl. endings of the <em>ā-</em>stems in Indo-Iranian and Baltic and the Proto-Indo-European paradigm of the word for ‘cow’. It is concluded that “extended Stang’s law” cannot be maintained and that “Stang’s law” is probably inorrect, too. Alternative explanations for the attested forms are given.http://www.baltistica.lt/index.php/baltistica/article/view/2267Indo-EuropeanBalticGreekIndo-IranianStang's lawlaryngealsā-stems |
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Stang’s Law in Baltic, Greek and Indo-Iranian |
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Stang’s Law in Baltic, Greek and Indo-Iranian |
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Stang’s Law in Baltic, Greek and Indo-Iranian |
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Stang’s Law in Baltic, Greek and Indo-Iranian |
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stang’s law in baltic, greek and indo-iranian |
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Vilnius University |
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Baltistica |
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0132-6503 2345-0045 |
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The article discusses the development of the Proto-Indo-European sequences *<em>-eum</em> and *<em>-eh<em><sub>2</sub></em>m</em>. The former produced *<em>-ēm</em>, allegedly through loss of *<em>-u-</em> with compensatory lengthening of the preceding *<em>-e- </em>(“Stang’s law”), while *<em>-eh<em><sub>2</sub></em>m</em> allegedly produced *<em>-ām</em> within the proto-language <em></em>(“extended Stang’s law”). The evidence for both claims is scrutinized, with special emphasis on the acc.sg. and acc.pl. endings of the <em>ā-</em>stems in Indo-Iranian and Baltic and the Proto-Indo-European paradigm of the word for ‘cow’. It is concluded that “extended Stang’s law” cannot be maintained and that “Stang’s law” is probably inorrect, too. Alternative explanations for the attested forms are given. |
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Indo-European Baltic Greek Indo-Iranian Stang's law laryngeals ā-stems |
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