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

Miguel Carrasquer wrote:

>
>> Which is the nonsense? Do you intend to say there is no "g" in
>> "ghine"? I hope you don't.
>
> It's nonsense that the PIE etymon has anything to do with
> it, a point you apparently do not dispute.

I just keep these conincidences on a list.

>
>>> There never was no *g in Mold. ghine = Rom. bine
>>> < Lat. bene < PIE *dwene:. This is merely a general
>>> soundlaw which affects palatalized /p'/ and /b'/, turning
>>> them into /t'/ ~ /k'/ and /d'/ ~ /g'/.
>>
>> Miguel, there is no "t'" here and no "d'" there.
>
> The sounds are palatal stops, which one can write either as
> /t^/, /d^/ or /k^/, /g^/. Same thing.


> They're not velars. They're palatals.
>
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> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv@...

There is the group k+i and g+i where just "i" is palatal. "g" and "k" is
not. They are velars.

Alex