From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 62002
Date: 2008-12-10
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From: "stlatos" <stlatos@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 4:50 AM
Subject: [tied] Velar vs Uvular (was: Verdict on Mann)
--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> I prefer to keep an open mind as regards the phonetic details. I
believe
> it's likely that *k was a uvular and *k^ a plain velar at least at some
> pre-PIE stage. However, even in PIE itself, the *k-series dorsals seem
> to have triggered a-colouring quite frequently, as if they had
patterned
> with *h2. This happened even to the final vowel of thematic stems when
> extended with the suffix *-ko- (note the absence of Brugmann's Law in
> Skt. -a-ka-, pointing to *-a-ko-). I wouldn't expect such influence
from
> a plain velar.
I disagree. In Khowar plain velars changed o > a or prevented a > A
(low back V) > O > o, as in *sxàL+ > *s.àl > s.òr 'salty', *n+ >
*uns.xàl+ > wexàl 'unsalty'.
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Do you have an example with a word which is not an obvious loanword ?
A.