Re: etymology of Ancient Greek Topos

From: tigeradolf
Message: 70914
Date: 2013-02-10

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Bhrihskwobhloukstroy wrote:
>
> How would You explain *dh > *t?
>
> 2013/2/10, tigeradolf :
> > Comparing Ancient Greek τόπος with Albanian tokë (land, place, ground)
> > i tried to reconstruct a local PIE *dʰǵʰm̥kʷo literally meaning "the
> > one that is earth, ground" from PIE *dʰéǵʰ� m (earth)
> >
> >
>

that is the biggest problem. i am sure the form is wrong but it can be a good start. The only thing that i can come up with is *dhgh -> *thk -> t but i have no proves. On the other side (Albanian) there is still a problem with *dhgh -> *ddz -> dh -> ?t