From: stlatos
Message: 49649
Date: 2007-08-26
>I suppose acc. with nasals might have had dissimilation so kn>k
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@>
> wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Brian M. Scott
> > To: stlatos
> > Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 5:06 AM
> > Subject: Re: [tied] Re: H1
>
> > The earliest form of the nom. sing. is <lie> (gen. sing.
> > <liac(c)>, acc. dat. sing. and nom. pl. <lieic>, acc. pl.
> > <lec(c)a>. The noun is masculine; MWelsh <llech> is
> > feminine. OIr fem. <lecc> 'a slab, a flat stone' is clearly
> > the better match with the Welsh.
> Celtic from the opt. with e retained:
>
> *LexYs-n-ko+ > *Le:hanko+ > *Li:anka+
>
> (then analogy with *lekno+ 'flat stone' caused metathesis; kn>kk if
> not preceded by tone)
>
> *Li:ank+s > *Li:@ > li:e / lía
> *Li:akn+ > *Li:@kk+ > liacc-
> *Li:akn+i > *Li:@kYkY > lieic[c]
>
> (where after V c(c) = k() as opposed to c = g())