PH diphthongs

Fragment of a discussion from User talk:Rua

Fair point. I suppose we can discount the hapax Ζηύς (Zēús) < *dyḗws as leveled from Ζήν (Zḗn)? I doesn't apply to diphthongs due to vowel hiatus like *néh₂us > *nā́us > νηῦς (nēûs), though.

JohnC520:12, 28 April 2016