Re: [tied] IE numbers

I think labial +w allways > labial. *bHwiyo: > latin fio:
The problem is if there's a dissimilation w-pW > w-kW in non-Germanic, or
vice versa, an assimilation in Germanic w-kW> w-pW>w-p.

----- Original Message -----
From: Marc Verhaegen <marc.verhaegen@...>
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Subject: 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).
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> 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:
> >
> >*wlkwo - "wolf" cf. wolf, volk, vrka, v@...
> >*wlp- "fox?" cf. vilpis^ys, vulpes
> >*loupH-k- "fox?" cf. lopas^a, alopex, loarn
> >
> >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" )
> >
> >Joao SL
> >Rio
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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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