Re: [tied] Re: etruscan, Lydian and Greek inscriptions

It puzzles me too. PIE *leudH- (or *h1leudH- if Greek eleutheros and Latin li:ber are related) contains *dH as a root element -- cf. Proto-Germanic *liudo: < *leudHa: (OE le:od, German Leute).

Piotr

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Subject: [tied] Re: etruscan, Lydian and Greek inscriptions

--- In cybalist@egroups.com, "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@......> wrote: > > - ProtoIE *lawos-dxnéus I am not into your way of reasoning, so I wonder what developement would you propose for *lawos-dxnéus>.?.>(Lith.) lia'udis (-i-stem, f.) 'folk', Common Slavic *ljudI etc.? Sergei