Re: The palatal sham :) (Re: [tied] Re: Albanian (1))

From: P&G
Message: 31029
Date: 2004-02-13

>Bomhard 242:
>In the face of that, one might propose one of two mutually exclusive
>alternatives:
>1) PIE *kap- is a loanword from some other language
>2) PIE *kap- is not loaned from anywhere

How about PIE and PFU and PAA all independently inherit the root from
Nostratic? No loans at all. That's what Bomhard is all about! If you
value Bomhard so much, it rather goes against your own argument!

Peter