Starting from a discussion of the name Ἑλένη and the root *sṷelh₁ „to glow with heat‟, this paper investigates the outcome of accented *CṚHC sequences in Greek. Most of the cases on record involve *CṚh₂C, resulting in Gk. CάRαC. In theory, this sequence could either represent a PGk. *CáRaC or a PGk. *CəRaC, which has led to two opposing views in the literature as to what the outcome of *CṚh₁C and *CṚh₃C would be, viz. either CέRεC and CόRοC, or CάRεC and CάRοC, respectively. Based on the examples Ion. ἀλέη f. „heat‟ and Gk. (non-Att.) γάνεα n. pl. „female genitals‟, I intend to show that the latter is the more likely assumption.