Re: [tied] Re: dorsals

So, before equating k and k^, Greek had a difference, because kw>p : k^w>kk

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From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal <mcv@...>
To: <cybalist@egroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2000 12:07 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: dorsals


> On Sun, 10 Dec 2000 01:31:24 +0100, "Piotr Gasiorowski"
> <gpiotr@...> wrote:
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> >Subject: Re: [tied] PIE dorsals
> >
> >Miguel wrote:
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> >> 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
>
> I'm sure you're right. I must have had <ikkos> in the back of my mind
> when I wrote "pp/tt", but I made the mistake of not checking. I'm
> just back from a party, so I won't make the mistake of checking it
> now, either. Jutro...
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