Re: [tied] Re: about the wrong roots

On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 14:41:12 +0000, Abdullah Konushevci
<a_konushevci@...> wrote:

>Dear Miguel,
>I don't agree with your categorical view on the most sensitive
>problem, like velars, labiovelars and palatals in satem languages.
>To my point of view, there are obviously a tendency to be treated in
>Albanian, especially at the beginning of the word, labiovelar *kW-
>as plain velar *k- (cf. katër 'four') and, it seems, palatovelar
>*k^w- also as plain velar *k-

Any examples?

>Cf. also Albanian <qarr> 'oak' < *kWerkW-, probably from a variant
>form *kiorkW- or maybe Piotr would have better explanation.

I doubt this derives from PIE *perkWus, unless by way of Latin quercus,
quern(e)us.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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