Re: Why do Pokorny's roots for water have an "a" in front?

At 8:06:56 AM on Saturday, November 17, 2012, Tavi wrote:

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> Dear Brunner,

> The thing is not all the IE roots found in Pokorny's or
> elsewhere come from the language. In particular, those
> with non-ablauting /a/ are most likely from substrate
> languages which I collectively call "paleo-IE", as
> opposite to the language(s) of the Steppe People, which I
> call Kurganic and is roughly similar to traditional "PIE".

Note, however, that you would do well to take Tavi's ideas
with a large shaker of salt: most of them are far from the
scholarly consensus, and Tavi has been unable to support
them with the kind of evidence demanded by most historical
linguists.

Brian