On 2007-05-16 01:32, tgpedersen wrote:
> Aha. I must have meant the o in coic then.
I think it does have an *o from some kind of labiovelar assimilation,
but I'll have to refresh my memory as regards Goidelic sound changes.
Anyway, Sabellic *pompe and Gallo-Brittonic *pempe can't be of common
origin for at least two reasons:
1 (decisive, see Joao's post): An old *p would not have survived in Celtic.
2 (auxiliary): The Sabellic vowel in *pompe and similar words (like the
root *pop- 'cook') results from an assimilation normally triggered by *kW.
Piotr