Re: [tied] Labiovelar in Latin

On Thu, 15 May 2003 18:40:28 +0200, alex_lycos <altamix@...>
wrote:

>In what turned the labiovelar *gW in latin?

/w/, /gw/ after /n/.

>Are the change of gW and kW
>not in the same perioad of time? If not then OK, if yes then how is to
>explain there is no "gW" more in Latin but still the "kW"?

*gW and *kW (and *ghW) do not necessarily develop in a parallel
fashion. In Celtic, *kW gives k (Irish) or p (Welsh), so it was still
*kW in proto-Celtic, *ghW gives g (Irish) and b (Welsh), so it was
still *gW in proto-Celtic, but *gW always gives b (Irish/Welsh) so it
was presumably already *b in proto-Celtic.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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