[tied] Re: The role of analogy, alliteration and sandhi in counting

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com,
"alex" <alxmoeller@...> wrote:

> The phonetic change of "kW" to

"p" cann be

> just one way I think:
>
> -the lost of velar and

consonating of the frontal "w" to a
clean labial,

> thus kW > W > b/p

An intermediate stage [w] (or [W])
is quite unlikely. From Latin the
route may be [kw] (cluster) > [kW]

> [p], but an intermediate step may

be unnecessary.
Richard.