The 'lamb' word [Was: Re: Mi- and hi-conjugation in Germanic]

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...>
wrote:

>
> The Celtic word is so odd that it should probably be disqualified

as

> evidence. The initial *o reflects neither *a nor *a:, (...)

Dybo attributes the initial vowel to the influence of the word
meaning 'sheep'. Is that a plausible kind of change, in your view?



Best,


Willem