Re: [tied] Re: p/k, celtic

On Tue, 22 Jan 2002 10:37:38 -0000, "gleyink" <eyink@...>
wrote:

>--- In cybalist@..., guto rhys <gutorhys@...> wrote:1870
>>
>> The change initial k>p in some IE dialects such as Oscan and some
>dialects of Celtic seems to me very irregular as the two sounds have
>such different places of articulation. By what means did this mutation
>take place or was there an original or intermediate sound such as a
>guttural bilabial unvoiced plosive if such a thing is possible.
>
>The change was not k>p,g>b but instead kW>p,gW>b in p-Celtic
>(Brythonic, Gaulish), the Osco-Umbrian branch of Italic, and
>some ancient Greek dialects (Aeolic).

*gW > b even in Q-Celtic (but *ghW > b in P-Celtic only).

The change of labiovelar to labial also occurred much later and
independently within the Latin-Faliscan branch of Italic, specifically
in Romanian and Sardinian. This shows that the sound change in
question is quite a natural one.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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