Velars and palatalization (was: RE: [tied] Re: Albanian (1))

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...>
wrote:

> That would explain etyma like *markos (*a avoiding
> expected *o next to *m) or *wastu. Of course, with that last idea,
> maybe someone knows something more.

*markos is 'horse' (> English 'mare'), but what is *wastu? All I
can think of is Latin _vastus_ 'empty, uncultivated', but I see
neither u-stem nor major problem in that root, which looks like
*wah2s to me (Onions has *wa:s).

Richard.