Sound Synthesis in Indo European Indo Iranian and Sanskrit

Author(s): Satya Swarup Mishra
Publisher: Ashutosh Prakashan Sansthan

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INDO-EUROPEAN VOWEL SYNTHESIS
2) alēlō+/u>āi, ēi, õi, āu, ēu, ōu
IE akwa+i (loc sg) >IE ekwai, cp Gk (dat) khốrai (shortened to ai before consonants, remained -at finally, vide Brugmann CGIGL III p. 167),
Lat equae.
IE ĝno+i-men (opt 1st pl) <IE gnoimen, cp Gk
A
gnoimen (for * gnõimen; beside Gk gnóskō gignőskö Lat gnosco, nōsco, Skt √√jñā <IE ĝnō).
f
IE dra-+-1-men > IE draimen; cp Gk *draimen; beside Gk édran 'I run'
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draimen (for
IE sa+u>IE sau cp Av hau (fem) 'these', Gk hautē (beside IE sa 'she' cp Skt sā, Gk (Dor) hā). (IE. său may also be derived from IE să+au).
3) IE ǎ/ĕ/ð+r/l/m/n.3
IE e-bher-o-m> IE ebherom, cp Skt abharam, Gk épheron.
IE ekwa+m > IE ekwām, cp Skt aśvām Lat equam.
IE s-ye-> IE syer, cp Av hyāra (beside IE s-y-rr cp Skt syuh).
IE e-dhidhe+-m > IE edhidhēm, cp Skt adadhām,. Gk étithen.
IE edido+m>IE edidōm, cp Skt adadām, Gk édidōn. IE e-bher-o-nt > IE ebheront, cp Skt abharan, GL épheron, Av baran.
3. In these cases the phonemic names of the endings are traditionally r, l, m, n, but if i, u are to be used as phonemic names of endings, m n are also to be so r used ( vide New Lights on IE Comparative Grammar p. 17).