Re: potto

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "stlatos" wrote:

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> This would be well before any such recent specifically Sp change. It's likely just the native Bq alt. of tl / tr / ty (seen in:
>
> *putlulXo > potro = testicle Biz, potxor \ potorro = vulva Bq;
>
> (compare to alt. in:
>
> *putuko > ptuk = bud/nipple Ar;
> *putiyo > pucH = vulva MAr;
>
> and
>
> *putuRXo > *putuXqo > *putuko > ptuk = bud/nipple Ar;
> *putuRXo > *putuRho > *putuLo > ptuk = bud/nipple Ar;
>
> in:
>
> * bew-xY-t*ó+ > * buw-GY-d*ó+ >
> put = drop/dot/spot, put = poppy Ar;
>
> * bew-xY-t*imY-xYó+ > * buw-GY-d*üÑY-XYó+ > * budüRXYo >
> ptuL -o- = fruit/pupil/grape, ptuk -o- = bud/nipple Ar;
> pucH = vulva MAr;
>
> )) applied even to borrowed words, sim. to ampFw- > m / p / etc. in:
>
> pendoitz = abyss, mendoitz = slope LN Bq;
>
> applied to borrowed words showing m for b, etc.
>

Other alt. includes qW > k / p :

ttipi \ ttiki \ txipi \ txiki = small

marrubi = strawberry Gip, martzúka = mulberry

(that strawberry, mulberry are related is seen from RtY > rcY but tYR > dr > rr by intermediate forms in borrowed words:

marrubi = strawberry Bq; >>
madroño = strawberry tree Sp;

marrubi = strawberry Bq; >>
madoufe \ madoufa = raspberry Fr;

req. at least * madRuFwía > * madr.owa \ madGuFwea \ etc., though it's more complicated than that even if you don't consider martzúka .