Re: [tied] *kW- "?"

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, glen gordon <glengordon01@...> wrote:

> Rob:
> > Well, in most (if not all) satem languages, *kWos
> > 'what (kind)' and *kos 'that (one)' would have
> > fallen together into *kos ~ *kas (cf.
> > Vedic _kas_ 'what (kind)').
>
> With *kei- as an alternative to *ko- and the
> genitive *kesyo, that would be less likely.

True, but I was speaking in purely phonological terms.

- Rob