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{{Ast}}mer: Elas. '''''mer'''et'' "language"; Va. '''''mer'''ilinna'' (archaic) "poet" | {{Ast}}mer: Elas. '''''mer'''et'' "language"; Va. '''''mer'''ilinna'' (archaic) "poet" | ||
{{Ast}}pV(h)ś-<sup>1</sup>, maybe {{Ast}}pæśi or {{Ast}}paĭhśi: Elas. ''pasz'' "stone"; Va. ''päht'' "stone" | |||
{{Ast}}śalima: Va. ''salma'' "belief" ; El. ''szólim'' "trust" | {{Ast}}śalima: Va. ''salma'' "belief" ; El. ''szólim'' "trust" | ||
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{{Ast}}-lja: Va. ''-lya'' "indicates negative polarity of verb"; El. ''-lya'' "indicates negative polarity of verb" | {{Ast}}-lja: Va. ''-lya'' "indicates negative polarity of verb"; El. ''-lya'' "indicates negative polarity of verb" | ||
:<sup>1</sup> — The original vowel cannot be reconstructed with safety as Va. shows /æ/ while El. has /a/; historically the equivalent of Va. /æ/ is El. /e/. It does not appear to be a reduced diphthong either as neither language shows a long vowel or diphthong. Furthermore, the Va. reflex shows /ht/ which is believed to usually originate from earlier /kt/-sequences. If the original stem contained /kt/ then the expected Elasian reflex would be **''pás'', reduced from **''pahs'' as clusters of the /kts/-type in Elasian show t-deletion. If we assume pVʔś- as stem, then why doesn't the Elasian reflex surface with /ɑh/ nor Va. with /ɑː/? Instead Va. shows /æht/ which would point at a stem ''**pähĭt'' which is problematic as the Elasian reflex would be ''*pét'' /peht/ alt. ''*péit'' /pehit/ and '''not''' ''pasz'' /pat͡s/. | |||