Re: [tied] IE *pe/pi

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 24224
Date: 2003-07-07

07-07-03 07:07, alex wrote:

> Are there more examples where from an IE *pe/pi we have in Latin a
> "qui/que"?

Second thoughts:

If you mean _any_ cases where *p > Latin /kW/, this happened through
assimilation in words originally containing *p followed by *kW in the
next syllable:

*pekW-e- > *kWekWe- > coquo: 'cook'
*penkWe > *kWenkWe > quinque 'five'
*perkW-u- > *kWerk(W)u- > quercus 'oak'

Piotr