[tied] Evening/Night (was Re: The "Mother" Problem) *wekwer-o-

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "whetex_lewx" <whetex_lewx@...>
wrote:

>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao" <josimo70@...> wrote:
> > *kWel - >Greek tel-
> > *gWHen-yo: > Greek theino:
> > *kWetwr- > Greek tettares, tessares
>
> HIPPOS?
>
> Maybe -kw- in your examples changed to -t- because it's in closed
> syllable?
>
> Hi-ppos <ekW-os opened syllable???

The Attic-Ionic Greek reflexes to the IE labiovelars are the
following:

*kW/gW/ghW > k/g/kh before a central vowel, t/d/th before a front
vowel, and p/b/ph before a back vowel.

That explains *(h)ékWos > híppos, because the */kW/ phoneme precedes
a back vowel (*/o/). It also explains e.g. *kWis > tis 'who'.

- Rob