I-E Consonant-Vowel Inderdependence Variations of "Meus"
Posted: Saturday, February 28, 2009
by IvanPetryshyn
Ivan Petryshyn
Among the variations of the I-E 'meus' forms, one can easily trace:
1. levelled a position- MANA;
2. ongrowth of n=n+s;
3 . a evolution into a long i : the interaction of the neighboring m> < n;
4. the proto - ei- evolution into ai;
5. the weakening of the after V n into aquasi-diphthong element /i/ : iy;
7. the m+wo+i ( reduced n) = muy;
8. the contraction of G into I: : MAG> MAIN;
9. the derivation of the pre-registered reconstructed I-E 'MAGNAS/MAGR;
10. the shortening of the strong-positioned a into e;
11. rhotacism of the closing Consonant MAG> / MAY/ MER.
The below-given tables depict the evolution of the I-E 'meus' in Gothic /mi:ns/, German /main/, English /mai/, Ukrainian /miy/, Russian /moy/, Polish /mouy/, Lettish /mans/mana/, Latin /meus/mea/, Hindi /mera:/, Sinhalese /ma:ge:/.
MA: G:E ME RA
MA N A
MA NS
MI: NS
MA I
MIY
M OY
M OUY
MEA
ME US
ME UM
MA GE
MA IN
MA I
ME US
ME UM
MIY
MI O
MIA
MI:NS
MEA
ME RA
CONCLUSIONS:
The evolution of the I-E 'meus' underwent specific changes in the run of the Languages development. Certain shortenings and Ablaut-like processes provoked the appearance of the e, i, o, ou middle vowels, diphthongizationand even rhotacism not mentioning the change in the vowel quantity and qaulity. The stability of the matrix is seen only in the consonant elements M-N, M-G, M-R, M-Y'.
Ivan Petryshyn USA
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