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(This needs through-thinking when less tired. Why would we let *H -> vowel after a vowel? Isn't it easier to just > ø and lengthen vowel to compensate?) | (This needs through-thinking when less tired. Why would we let *H -> vowel after a vowel? Isn't it easier to just > ø and lengthen vowel to compensate?) | ||
##A PIE laryngeal ''*H'' will be vocalised (1,2,3 → e,a,o) before a consonant except for the sequences | ##A PIE laryngeal ''*H'' will be vocalised (1,2,3 → e,a,o) before a consonant except for the sequences | ||
##:''énen'' ‘name’ < PIE ''*h₁nómn̥-'' | ##:''énen'' ‘name’ < PIE ''*h₁nómn̥-'' | ||
##:''biphos'' ‘alive’ < EPH ''*gʷigwós'' < PIE ''*gʷih₃wós'' | ##:''biphos'' ‘alive’ < EPH ''*gʷigwós'' < PIE ''*gʷih₃wós'' | ||
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#ASSUME GREEK TRIPLE REFLEX | #ASSUME GREEK TRIPLE REFLEX | ||
#Exceptions: ''-h₃w-'', ''-gH-'' → ''-gw-'', ''-gʰ-''. | |||
====Short vowels==== | ====Short vowels==== | ||
#The short vowel system inherited from Late Indo-European remained surprisingly stable with only a raising of IE ''*o'' to u and a diphthongisation of IE ''*e'' in some phonological contexts. | #The short vowel system inherited from Late Indo-European remained surprisingly stable with only a raising of IE ''*o'' to u and a diphthongisation of IE ''*e'' in some phonological contexts. | ||