Re: [tied] PIE suffix -ro and different beings ressembling with cou

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alexandru_mg3" <alexandru_mg3@...>
wrote:

> > 2. Also we have three PIE roots here : *negW- (*negW-ulo, *negW-ro)
> > *nekW- (*nokW-t-is) and *nebh- (*nebh-os) all three of them
> > meaning 'dark, get dark' so is hard not to supposed a
> > common 'departure point' in 'Early PIE' (something like *negW- =>
> > *nekW- via gW/t > kW and *negW- => *nebh- via gW/o > bh etc..)
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > ***
> > Patrick:
> >
> > Musical phonemes!
> >
> > No precedent! No patterns! No buy!

Voicing contrasts in velars are notoriously unstable - the development
of Romance from Latin shows quite a few examples of even word-initial
voicing. I hesitate to propose **nebW (with divergent developments
**bW > **b and *gW, with further **b > *bH) as we've only guesses as
to why *b is so rare. On the other hand, similarity of sound may have
encouraged similarity of meaning.

> Another 'similar-to' music (*'music'-ro) is *h2ekW- 'water' (Latin
> aqua 'water') and *h2ep- 'water' (Skt. ap- etc..)

This would fit **h2epW- - if you believe in *pW.

Richard.