Re: [tied] IE numbers

>But latin lupus can be explained as a Osco-Umbrian loan (instead of

expected

>*lucus, *vulcus), analogous to bo:s "ox" (instead of *vo:s, *vu:s).

OK, but then Osco-Umbrian is an exception, IOW, Germanic is not the only IE
language with pw>p?

Marc
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>And about wild canids, there are three similar roots, that can be

variations

>of the same base or not:
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>*wlkwo - "wolf" cf. wolf, volk, vrka, v@...
>*wlp- "fox?" cf. vilpis^ys, vulpes
>*loupH-k- "fox?" cf. lopas^a, alopex, loarn
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>Greek lykos and Latin lupus (Italic *lu(:)kWos) seem to be a metathesis
>*lukWos < wlkwos. An alternate view is to see lykos as a dialectal

variation

>(*wlkWos > expected *(w)alpos, *(w)lapos in Greek - I'd guess Lapithai <
>*lapo- "wolf", maybe *wlkWo-bhidh "ugly as a wolf" )
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>Joao SL
>Rio
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>From: Marc Verhaegen <marc.verhaegen@...>
>To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2001 6:10 PM
>Subject: Re: [tied] IE numbers
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>> >fidwor , *pwetwor-
>> >wolf < *wlpwos
>> >oven < *upwen-
>> >In other IE branches is there a dissimilation pw-w/w-pw > kw-w/w-kw ?
>> >Are there more examples of such process?
>> >Is Germanic the only IE branch where pw>p, instead of pw>kw?
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>> Latin lupus?
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>> Marc
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