Re: PIE *pleh1k^- and *pleh1ik-sk-

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Sergejus Tarasovas"
<S.Tarasovas@...> wrote:

> > Cf. Old Russian (Northern Krivichian) center <PlIskovU> (<*plIs

(k)-

> ~
> > *ple^s(k)- 'bald'), now <Pskov>.
>
> < PIE *pleh1ik(-sk)- 'bald' (Pok. p. 834), sometimes contaminated
> with PIE *pleh1k^- 'tear' (Pok. p. 385) (or were they eventually

one

> and the same etymon? in that case the *-ik- ~ *k^ alternation

looks

> promising as to the origin of possibly allophonic *k^).
>
> Sergei

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The on-line Pokorny suggests (or at least hints at) the
relationship you propose.
1529 ple:i-, pl@...', pli- "naked, bare, bald" has the note:
"vgl. unten unter ple:k^- usw." referring to 1531 "to tear,
peel off".
Dan