Re: [tied] Re: IE Roots

>Pokorny doesn't reconstruct *kW unless there's a Centum form
>showing it, and he doesn't reconstruct *k^ unless there's a Satem
>form demonstrating it.

Why should he? He's fifty years out of date, so he's taking *k as the
least marked velar. given that, he then follows sound procedure: he
posits *k unless there is evidence to suggest *kW or *k^. At least you know
where you are!

Peter