Re: Latin _ursus_ (was: HORSA vs. EXWA)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" wrote:

>
> >> PIE *TsT > PGmc. *ss
>
> > I meant an *uncondicioned* development.
>
> That *is* an unconditioned development.
>

Not really, because we've got an affricate+stop cluster here.

> > It's a pity nobody here has considered my proposal that
> > Hittite hart(ag)ga- mightn't be the reflex of a "thorny
> > cluster".
>
> It obviously *was* considered, since evidence was offered against it.
>

That evidence amounts to a velar stop in Hittite.