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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Sean Whalen <stlatos@...> wrote:
> First, I think it's most likely that apis is from
> *xakYobhi: 'sharp bee = stinging species of bee' and
> Exon's Law deletes the *o creating a new combination
> of consonants (among others):
Also:
There was probably a Pre-Latin compound formed
from *mortwo+ 'dead' and *bhuwo+ 'be(com)ing' >
with 'becoming dead' > 'sick(ening)' > 'sickness'
mortwebhuwos
mortwephuwos
mortwefuwos
mortwfuwos
mortfuwos
morfuwos
morvuwos
morbuwos
morbwos
morbos
morbus
Ch > -voice
Ch > fric.
# V(V)-V-V-(V)V # > # V(V)-0-V-(V)V #
tf>?
w>0/C_C
t>0/C_C
u>0/C_w?
w>0/P_
etc.
as *bhuxwó+ > *bhuwo+ > super-bus