Re: dorsals

Subject: Re: [tied] PIE dorsals

Miguel wrote:

> In Greek, *k^w > pp/tt, *kw > k and *kW > p/t.

We seem to have reached some kind of consensus, but here let me disagree once again. Do you know any examples of *-k^w- > Greek -tt-? I can’t think of any. But some dialects have ikkos rather than hippos, which shows that *-k^w- and *-kw- did not necessarily contrast in Greek. I’m sure you know that *kw- could give *k word-initially (as in kapnos ‘smoke’), but the medial reflex is -kk-:

*peleku-a-o: ‘cut with an axe’ > pelekkao:

*laku-os ‘pond’ > lakkos

Piotr