Re: The English Language....

From: Danny Wier
Message: 2893
Date: 2000-07-28

A couple questions.

First, I am aware of the widely-accepted *dyeus for "god". Is there a
solid reconstruction of the Germanic word (god, Gott, gud, gu�), and
also the Slavonic (bog, b�g, boh, bu�h) and Armenian (astvach)?

And how bout the words for God in other language families (especially
?lh from Semitic)?

Now the other question. What exactly is a "s mobile" and the proposed
s/s^/sw triad? And what is the apologia for the less-accepted IE
phonemes, like /theta/ (or of course �) and the "back velars" q/qw?

117.

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