Re: [tied] Laryngeal theory as an unnatural

>>Yeah, so what? Armenian and... what? If Armenian is the only
>>language you can come up with for evidence, you're talking
>>bullsh*t.
>
>I assumed you were familiar with the evidence. I gave the
>Armenian forms as they are the clearest evidence for an oblique
>root *pk^w-. Besides Armenian, we have Sanskrit ks^u, Avestan -fs^u, fs^u-
>in compositis [blah, blah, blah]

And I assumed that you understood sound laws. Sanskrit does not
reflect your original genitive **pk^w-os. So yet again, I ask
what your point is?? We're talking about PARADIGMS, not
compounds. For pete's sakes, why on earth are you showing me
compounds??? Do you understand what a declensional paradigm is?
How does what you're saying relate to a declensional paradigm??


- gLeN


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