Re: [tied] Tante Qualle

> From: Glen Gordon [mailto:glengordon01@...]
> Subject: Re: [tied] Tante Qualle

> Greek is suspect with the "prothetic" a-, unless one wants to
> reconstruct a very absurd *x(s)kWalo- but then this makes the
> optionality of the *s very arcane. The Avestan word is also
> problematic
> because of the unusual rhotacism of expected *l.
>
> None of these supposed "cognates" are regular. They just look similar.
> Similarity is hardly sufficient evidence. I reject *skWalo-.

At least you're now aware of the fact a posttonic *-as yields *-Is (with
a highish schwa, perceived as [i] by an untrained German ear) in the Old
Prussian dialect of the Elbing Vocabulary.

;)

Sergei