Piotr:
>This can well be a loan from early Indo-Iranian or pre-IIr (*ec'wa-
>or *ac'wa-, still with an affricate > Proto-Abkhaz-Adyghe *cH&, as
>well as Proto-Dagestanian *Wci).
Alright, but then...
1) Why is accented *e- in pre-IIr *ec'wa- not present in
neither AA nor Dagestanian?
2) How does IIr *-a- become *-i in Dagestinian?
3) Is there a plausible native etymology for *ekwo- if it
is not loaned from another language?
>What do you base your reconstruction of Proto-AbAd "5" on?
The AA form appears to be *sxW� however I've concluded that
AA's numeral system is inherited and is related to that of
SinoTibetan. There are of course differences which I think
can be explained as due to confusion with word class prefixes
in numerals. AA certainly has *-xW� which relates to the *-Nu
in SinoTibetan. However, AA has *s- and ST has *p-. I think
*p- is the original "prefix". Thus I reconstruct earlier
Abadha *p�Nw� (*N = nasal velar) for later AbAd *sxW�.
- love gLeN
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