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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "stlatos" <stlatos@...> wrote:
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> L-w > L-L
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> *LewkYument- > *LowqYuwent- > *LoukYuLent- > lu:culentus
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> so not in cruentus
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> and analogy in most.
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> If the explanation is dif. and doesn't involve analogy, I'd just say opt. of the type I've mentioned before.
The order of the changes could explain why lu:culentus not *lu:curentus (if l-l > l-r before L-w > L-L), assuming it's not a very recent form.
The possible change w-m > w-w in:
*LewkYument- > *LowqYuwent-
could exist, but isn't needed since opt. w > m and opt. m > w in all IE like:
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pYle_w-xY_-d.ó+
pYle_w-xY_-d.Hó+
pYlöw-i-d.Hó+m
plow-i-tHó+m
plow-ë-tHó+m
plow-tHó+m
plow-Tó+m
plow-fó+m
plow-vó+m
plow-bó+m
plom-bó+m
plumbum = lead L;
*
pYlöw-i-d.Há:x
pYlöw-y-d.Há:x
pYlöw-d.Hyá:x
pYlow-dHi-yá:
XWlow-dHi-yá:
luaide MI; luaidhe = lead I;
or
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pYlöw-i-d.Há:x
pYlöw-ï-d.Há:x
pYlöw-ë-d.Há:x
pYlöw-d.Há:x
etc.
with the affix commonly found in metals +y = in/part of = (made) of? or in (ground/earth).