Re: *pYerkW+

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

>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "gprosti" <gprosti@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Sean Whalen <stlatos@> wrote:
> >
> > > Why would all PIE words ending in Cnu show some
> > > without the nasal?
> >
> > Are there any examples of this other than the three you've

mentioned?

>
> I've given 4 possible examples in *(n)u+.

Sorry, I forgot about the "son" example.

There aren't any others

> in *nu+ I'm sure about, but it's not very common and there was
> metathesis of most single C+n > N+C, so it seems like this is as

much

> ev. as I'm likely to find.
>
> Of course, this is part of a broad rule, so C-ry/rw/ly/my/etc.

would

> be fine.

Are you saying that *C-ry/rw/ly/my/etc. give *C-yy/C-ww
(sporadically or otherwise)? If so, what is your evidence for this?

Also, comparatives show C-nyos > C-i-yos (among other changes).

>
> > > Why does Celtic directly show a word both with and
> > > without a nasal but otherwise exactly the same in form
> > > and meaning?
> >
> > I take it that <ti:rim> is the word with a nasal; what is the

word

> > without one,
>
> I first wrote "OIr tír / tírim" in:
>

Ok, I wasn't familiar with the first word in the meaning "dry".