On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 17:02:25 -0700 (PDT),
enlil@... wrote:
>Ohoh!
>
>I said:
>> It may also be at the end of *xawi- "bird" which is an animal most
>> often found in flocks.
>
>Apology. We agreed that it was *hWawi-.
Who is we?
Jens used to reconstruct *(s)H(1/3)áwoih1s, G.
*(s)H(1/3)wéih1s, and I almost agree [although I prefer
*(s)h2wóih1s, *(s)h2wéih1s, with *h2- and *h1 < *t, cf. Grk.
aietós < *h2wyet-os "eagle"].
Maybe you're confusing flocks of birds with flocks of sheep
(like Harold, the flying sheep), but again, I don't think we
have *h3 there (I'd rather reconstruct *h2ówis, *h2éwyos).
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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