On Sun, 17 Dec 2000 16:29:07 -0200, João Simões Lopes Filho
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jodan99@...> wrote:
>How was the evolution PIE *p > Celtic *zero?
>
>p>f>h>zero?
I've seen the /h/-phase illustrated by Hercynia Silva (*herkunia <
*perkunia).
I don't think /f/ is a necessary intermediate step. The development
might have been /p/ (phonetic [ph], as in English, or Welsh) > /h/ >
zero. Similarly in Armenian.
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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