Re: p/k, celtic AND dacian

From: gleyink
Message: 12119
Date: 2002-01-22

--- In cybalist@..., Miguel Carrasquer Vidal <mcv@...> wrote:


> The change of labiovelar to labial also occurred much later and
> independently within the Latin-Faliscan branch of Italic,
specifically
> in Romanian and Sardinian. This shows that the sound change in
> question is quite a natural one.

Tying together the two previous messages, I have sometimes heard
a speculation that Latin qu > Romanian p (as in aqua > apa) was
due to a Dacian substrate effect. Is there any independent evidence
that Dacian was a "P-type" language?

Best - Gregory