Re: [tied] IE numbers

From: Marc Verhaegen
Message: 10224
Date: 2001-10-14

>>>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.


OK

Marc