Re: [tied] Evening/Night (was Re: The "Mother" Problem) *wekwer-o-

From: alex
Message: 36136
Date: 2005-02-04

Rob wrote:
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Rob" <magwich78@...> wrote:
>
>> That explains *(h)�kWos > h�ppos, because the */kW/ phoneme
>> precedes a back vowel (*/o/). It also explains e.g. *kWis >
>> tis 'who'.
>
> Correction: the IE form does *not* have a true labiovelar in 'horse',
> but rather a cluster /kw/. So the correct form is *(h)�kwos.
> However, /Kw/ and /KW/ (where 'K' stands for any member of the velar
> series) had come to be treated as the same before the classical Greek
> dialects.
>
> - Rob

so if IE have had not a true labiovelar in horse, Latin builded the
labiovelar from the
cluster "kw"? How that?

Alex




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