Re: [tied] IE numbers

On Sun, 14 Oct 2001 18:01:09 +0200, "Marc Verhaegen"
<marc.verhaegen@...> wrote:

>>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?

O-U, like British Celtic, has *kw > p under all circumstances.