Tocharian dentals

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 5051
Date: 2000-12-14

I think that's wrong. Before PIE *e we should get Proto-Tocharian palatalised *s' (as in the numeral "ten", TB s'ak). I'd expect the following development (more or less):
 
*deiwo- > *s'@ywV- > TA *s'ew, TB *s'aiwe
 
Piotr
 
 
 

 
Miguel wrote, in response to Joao's question:

>Is there a Tocharian cognate of *deiwos "god"? What would
be the
>hypothetical Tocharian development of *deiwos

I suppose *tsäywe > B. *tsuwe, A. *tsu (?)

The word for "god" in Tocharian is B. ńakte, A. ńkät (< *nektos). One
may think of Grk. <nektar>.