Re: The oddness of Gaelic words in p-

At 11:38:59 AM on Tuesday, June 3, 2008, stlatos wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott"
> <BMScott@...> wrote:

>> *TK > KK is regular in
>> Latin. Weiss gives as examples

>> *ad-gradior 'approach' > aggredior
>> *ad-causa:- 'charge' > accu:sa:re
>> *ped-ka:- 'sin' > pecca:re,

> I'd say that an original noun/adj. formed that verb. If
> so, *pediko- was the original form, like *sitikos
> 'thirsty' > siccus 'dry', with (perhaps not regular)
> middle V>0 between two consonants. If it was regular, the
> type of C would have counted.

I accept the usual derivation of <siccus> from *seikW-,
certainly in preference to one from 'footic'.

Brian