Re: [tied] IE numbers

From: Glen Gordon
Message: 10262
Date: 2001-10-16

Miguel:
>I gave some comparanda for *pWetwores,

An obscene reconstruction that flies in the face of innumerable
competent IEists.

>Dolgopolsky (1998) [104]: *l(�|e)p.A "spleen"

It's time to throw Dolgy away.

>In view of PIE *yekWr(t) (**l^epWnt-), I would suggest a PN
>reconstruction *lipunt- or *liput-n-.

This reconstruction is flawed since it lacks linguistic rigor
such as... oh I dunno... maybe RATIONAL SOUND RULES?

- gLeN


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