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

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

> Gothic fidwhor: kW > xW > F (it doesn't matter if /F/ was a

bilabial or

> labiodental consonant, I guess. The developement is clear, though)

Except of course that kW > p > f is also possible - I'm not sure how
we tell which. pW > p > f is even more appealing, but depends on
Afro-Asiatic evidence.

Richard.