Re: Velars and palatalization (was: RE: [tied] Re: Albanian (1))

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 19:46:33 +0000, Richard Wordingham
<richard.wordingham@...> wrote:

>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...>
>wrote:
>
>> That would explain etyma like *markos (*a avoiding
>> expected *o next to *m) or *wastu. Of course, with that last idea,
>> maybe someone knows something more.
>
>*markos is 'horse' (> English 'mare'), but what is *wastu?

Greek astu "citadel, city".

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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