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

From: alex
Message: 34732
Date: 2004-10-17

Richard Wordingham wrote:
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> PIE *kWekWlos > OE _hweowol_, _hweogol_, _hwe:ol_ > English _wheel_.
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> Richard.

from PGmc *khwegwlan; The explanation I got here is that Germanic and Latin
lost the labialisation of "kW" , thus there is no kW to consider. Tha later
change of "k" to "h" is properly Germanic.
Alex