Re: [tied] Re: Ducks and Souls

19-09-03 13:24, tgpedersen wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski
> <piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:
>> ... Such colouring may easily happen even under stress, e.g. PGmc.
>> *kweman- > Goth. qiman but OE (etc.) cuman 'come'.
>
> I think it's reshaped from the ppp. You can't live long with a verb
> that goes -we-/-wa-/-u- cf. Swedish simma "swim". Analogy

Then take any other example where analogy can be ruled out: OE cwicu ~
cucu 'living' or OE cwidu ~ cudu, OHG quiti ~ chuti 'cud'.

Piotr