Re[2]: [tied] Re: The role of analogy, alliteration and sandhi in c

At 2:06:15 PM on Saturday, October 16, 2004, alex wrote:

> Richard Wordingham wrote:

>>> On another hand the *akWa is presented in Germanic space
>>> as "afa" so

>> What are you talking about? What's the PIE root meant to
>> mean, and what language has 'afa'? If you mean *h2akwa:
>> 'water', none of the Germanic forms have /f/. Are you
>> referring to an odd transcription of Gothic _ahwa_?

> No. I did not meant the gothic "ahwa" (BTW why are you
> using the laringial notation here for *akWa?; my
> Dictionary is not sure and means there can be *akWa or
> *ak^wa:)

?? 'kW' is Cybalist notation for 'k^w'.

> I have to remember where I seen some toponims/hydronims in
> Germanic space where "afa" is present and it was
> translated as "water".

You're thinking of names like <Wisilaffa> 1027 (the
Wieslauf, in Württemberg), <Biberaffa>, <Askaffa>,
<Waldaffa>, etc.?

Brian