Re: [tied] *kW- "?"

From: glen gordon
Message: 40338
Date: 2005-09-22

Grzegorz:
> I am pretty sure that even if uvulars existed in
> early PIE, they developed into spirants (*H) or
> into the glottal stop [...]

Hmm, interesting considering the *q/*h2 alternation
in some words like "bone", *qost-/*h2ost- appears
to go against your point. It also requires that *q
still exist at the time of IE alongside its
fricativized forms.


= gLeN




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