Re: Laryngeal h4

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Arnaud Fournet"
<fournet.arnaud@...> wrote:

> From: "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...>

>>>>> This is "proof by absentia"
>>>>> Maybe we just lack a clear example of H + CW.

>>>> That's possible, but IMO not probable. It's not just that
>>>> H+CW is rare, but the otherwise rare velars are suddenly
>>>> much more common after laryngeals. Not only are they
>>>> rare, but they're restricted in their language
>>>> distribution. They always occur in Greek, yet never occur
>>>> in Hittite, Tocharian, Italic, or Celtic.

>>> What is "they" ?

>> Plain velars.

> Big news.
> Velars appearing in Greek, in Hittite, Tocharian, Italic, or
> Celtic are not velars.
> You must be kindof Halloween-struck.

Not I: it was Etherman23 who made the comment. I merely answered
your question about what he meant by 'they'. Try not to bite the
hand that feeds you. (Mind you, I do consider 'Velars appearing
in ... Celtic are not velars' to be a pretty bizarre assertion.)

Brian