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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "The Egyptian Chronicles"
<The_Egyptian_Chronicles@...> wrote:
> PIE reconstruction in need of revision based on linguistic evidences
outside (IE).
>
> PIE: *bher-1 (PIE base *bhor-/*bhr-)
> Compare with:
>
> *B'R Common Semitic noun *b'r to bore, to dig.
Why does the PIE reconstruction need revision? If they are cognate,
and the glottal stop is original and not a Semitic insertion, there is
still no sign of it in PIE. As for the consonant *bH, is it totally
incredible for voiced consonants to become breathy voiced consonants?
Breathiness often remains when languages drop a voicing contrast.
Richard.