Re: [tied] Re: Religion

That's the problem: kwetwores > VIrl cethair instead of cothair.The Irish
vocalic trends are the most complex phonetical equations among IE.

Joao SL
Rio

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From: Christopher Gwinn <sonno3@...>
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Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 3:06 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Religion


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> > Right, but *penkwe> kwenkwe > Irish coic and Welsh pimp. Why co:ic
instead
> > of ce:c? o: < u+e?
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> Thurneysen suggests Common Celtic *kwenkwe gave Goidelic *kwe/(g)gwe and
> that the long -e- was mutated to an -o- between -kw- and -gw-
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> -C. Gwinn
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