Re: [tied] Re: about the wrong roots

07-07-03 22:35, Abdullah Konushevci wrote:

> Besides all, Alb. <katër> 'four' < *kot(w)er<*kWetwer is other
> evidence of treating labiovelars as plain velars.

Yes, before a _non-front_ vowel (here, a secondary schwa, *kW&twor-, as
in the proto-form of Latin quattuor).

> Otherwise, accept it Piotr or not, there is Alb. verb <sos (përsos)
>> 'to cook, to ripen' derived from *kWe:kW, an assimilated form of
> *pekW-.

We've already discussed that one, as well as the 'four' word. It's only
your wild guess without any independent support. Of course I don't
accept it. Why the long vowel?

Piotr