Re: [tied] Renfrew's theory renamed as Vasco-Caucasian

fournet.arnaud wrote:

> Apart from supposedly Hek-w-os "horse",
> what are the other instances of this *k-w cluster ?
> Are there examples of *k-w cluster at the beginning of a word ?

Of course. The best-known example is *k^won- 'dog'. Note that the
prevocalic nil grade is *k^un-, showing the bisegmental composition of
the onset. There are also word-initial *Cw- onsets involving other
phonations, e.g. *g^Hwer- 'wild animal'.

Piotr