Re: [tied] Labiovelars

From: Richard Wordingham Message: 18218
Date: 2003-01-28

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...>
wrote:
>
> >Was there really in IE an opposition between the labiovelars kw, gw
> >and ghw and the sequenses ku gu and ghu (with ayllabic u)
>
> Don't you understand the difference between *kWi- "who, what" and
> *kwon-? The latter becomes Sanskrit /s'van-/ because of
palatalisation
> of *k. However *kW- normally becomes Sanskrit /k/ or when
palatalized
> it becomes /c/.
>
> - gLeN

For a more phonetic discussion, see
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/13869 .

Richard.