Miguel:
>I gave the example of *p�ku(r), *pk^w-�s (e.g. Arm. asr, asu).
Yeah, so what? Armenian and... what? If Armenian is the only
language you can come up with for evidence, you're talking
bullsh*t.
>Another example is *s�m(s), G. *sm-�s, f. *sm-�h2 "one".
But this is not just a regular noun. It's a numeral. Numeral
declension is bound to maintain irregularities like this.
This is not in any way the most common pattern.
So what do you expect me to do? Am I supposed to come up with
ideas that only describe the origins of the least common
patterns rather than focusing on the most common first??? Your
reasoning is so far off track I don't know where to begin.
- gLeN
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