Re: [tied] *kW- "?"

From: tgpedersen
Message: 40079
Date: 2005-09-17

>
> Wait a minute. You *are* aware that Luwian shows different outcomes
for
> *k, *k' and *kW consistently (k, z and kw)? You just *cannot* explain
> beginning with just *k and *q. And Hittite, its sister-language is a
> typical centum language which shows us that the traditional theory is
> indeed the correct one.

But you could with
PIE *k^ -> Luwian z
foreign *k -> Luwian k
PIE *kW -> Luwian kw

Torsten