Re: Proper methodology (was: RE: [tied] Re: Mother of all IE langua

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 23:16:41 +0000, elmeras2000 <jer@...> wrote:

>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:
>> I have mentioned:
>>
>> Celtic *swi: 2pl.
>> Greek spho: 2du.
>> Hitt. sume:s 2pl.
>> Alb u < *swey- (?) 2pl.
>> Avest. x^sma 2pl.
>>
>>
>> What more evidence do you want?
>
>Something actually demanding *sw-. None of the clusters presented by
>Greek or Avestan can reflect *sw-; we know what that yields and do
>not find it.

Avestan xs^v- < *sw- (cf. xs^vas "6", xs^vi:d- "milk"). xs^vma > xs^ma.

The Greek form is a dual, with sph- < *swh3-. The laryngeal provides the
aspiration, the /w/ provides the labiality. Won't work without the *w.


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