Re: [tied] Re: celtic

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 26228
Date: 2003-10-03

03-10-03 14:09, alex wrote:

> I guess I got it now. The "wonder" here was in fact one has to deal
> with two kind of "p". One older, before kW >p , thus a PIE "p" and a
> celtic [Gallo-Brittonic -- PG] "p" ( from a PIE "kW.")

Yes, that's right. Remember this story. The necessity to distinguish
older X versus younger X is a common motif in historical linguistics.

Piotr