H3 (was Re: [tied] IE *p and *b)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "etherman23" <etherman23@...> wrote:

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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "stlatos" <stlatos@> wrote:
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> > That's probably backwards; since p > f > xW etc., it's much more
> > likely kWo- > xWo- optionally (in both Celtic and Arm.) and kWr. >
> > xWr. > xWor > (h)or in Arm. There's no reason for r.>or after p, but
> > xWr. > xWor was reg in Arm. and Greek (since H3 = xW).
>
> I've never understood identifying H3 with xW. If w, kW, gW, and gWH
> aren't o-coloring, then why should xW be o-coloring?

But they do cause a/e > o in various IE languages. It's similar to
K-a: H2 = x which caused e > a; later k/g optionally changed e > a;
later after PIE split k / g / N / L caused e > a in various
environments in dif. IE languages. The fric. started the changes
which started spreading to others with the same place of art., at
first optionally, reaching its peak or fizzling out only after PIE had
split. K had the most extensive and earliest changes (prob. because a
was rare).