Re: [tied] Re: *wogwh-ni ‘ploughshare’

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 48452
Date: 2007-05-05

On 2007-05-05 00:17, stlatos wrote:
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:
>
>> (note the /s./ in TB s.pane, TZ s.päm.). TB sänme- therefore points to
>> *s&mnë- < *supno-,
>
> But isn't there *swekYs > *s.&ks / *s.k&s > TA säk; TB s.kas which
> shows that s.>s (apparently before some vowels, though the order and
> exact rules are uncertain)?

No. The TA form is <s.äk> (the ordinal is likewise TB s.kaste, TA
s.käs.t). The word for 'sixty', <säksäk> has /s/ from distant assimilation.

Piotr