Re: [TIED] IE apple

Piotr:

> (1) If Greek me:lon < *xmaxlom or *xmxlom, where's the expected
> >prothetic vowel? On the other hand, the regular Latin reflex of >*xmaxros
>(or *xmxros, for that matter) should have been ma:rus [...]

Yes, I know, but it was the best I could do in order to salvage the pretty
connection.

> (2) Can you offer any evidence to support the ad hoc proposal

Um, no. :(

>that *-mxl- became *-bl- (via your *-p:l-)? I can suggest a
> >counterexample: the Old Indic word for 'sour' is ambl�-, not *abl�-.

Shoot.

>All this shows that the semantic links you propose are very tenuous.

But then, so is reconstructing IE **b. :)

- gLeN

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