Re: [tied] Wildcats and other European beasts

From: Dan Jones
Message: 2877
Date: 2000-07-26

Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:
 
A few years ago the reconstruction *tak'Tos (T = "thorn") has been suggested for 'badger', but it remains tentative, though brilliantly supported by plausible cognates ranging from Celtic to Anatolian. If anyone wants to discuss IE fauna, I'm always game.
 
Is this reconstruction (*tak'þos) Glottalic? Where was this theory expounded?
 
Dan
 
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