Some observations on the putative dual reflexes of PIE *CRHC in Greek and Armenian, Francis’ law and Greek αὐχήν ‘neck, etc.’
Some observations on the putative dual reflexes of PIE *CRHC in Greek and Armenian, Francis’ law and Greek αὐχήν ‘neck, etc.’

Summary/Abstract: The notion of accentually determined dual Greek reflexes of PIE CRHC sequences, now well supported by Rix 1976, Rico (several publications) and even (spasmodically) by Beekes 2010, is matched in a new way with a version of Clackson’s 1994 dual Armenian reflexes of the same PIE sequences that has been made more secure by a suggestion of Olsen’s 1999. An unpublished rule for Greek by Francis 1970 is shown to be essentially a special case of the foregoing and alleged counterexamples are found to be similarly accentually determined. The slightly improved notion of the closeness of Armenian and Greek thus achieved becomes the basis for a new explanation of the origin of Greek αὐχήν.

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