Thread:User talk:CodeCat/Appendix:Proto-Indo-European/ātr-/reply (14)

As mentioned by Benjamin W. Fortson the cover symbol H is used for a laryngeal that cannot or need not be specified, so we can surely use *HeHt(e)r- or *HeHt- for the entry. However, we've 2 other options which can work:
 * 1) *h₂eh₁ter- ("fireplace") - (https://www.academia.edu/16690811/2000_PIE_roots_summary_The_Source_Code_2.4_-_Excel)
 * 2) *hₓehₓtr- ("fire", in *hₓehₓt- at least one laryngeal was h₂ (> *h₂ehₓtr-), perhaps both - p.202) - (https://books.google.com/books?id=tzU3RIV2BWIC) | Michael A. Cahill also lists *hₓehₓtr-.

However Schrijver argues that:
 * 1) "Since it is unlikely that all these forms contain an unmotivated lengthened grade root *h₂et-, a reconstruction *HeHt- is attractive." - (https://books.google.com/books?id=0lNfAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=*HeHt%28e%29r-)
 * 2) ătrōx, āter, and ātarš contain the zero grade of the root *HeHt-. - (http://institucional.us.es/revistas/habis/38/10%20zavaroni.pdf)

The specific origins of Etr. *atr-, Lat. āter/ātro-/ătrōx, Alb. votrë/votër, OIr. áith, Slav. vatra, and Av. ātarš can be then mentioned in the Etymology section. It looks like that even Baltic forms exist. According to this paper, *H3 is the standard symbol for *Hʷ. What does this mean acutally for *Hʷet-, *Hʷet˖r-?