Re: [tied] Metathesis in sonant+ labiovelars, Greek

If this shift is normal (labial +o+sonant>u), why there is *bHoros > phoros, *gWHonos > phonos, *portH2- > portax, instead of *phyros, * phynos/khynos, *pyrtax ?

Joao SL

Sean Whalen <stlatos@...> wrote:

--- "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote: > Let me pick three words as example: nyx, onyx, lykos > > IE *n.kWt- > *nukt- > Greek nyx (nykt-) "night" > IE *H3o-n.gWH- > *o-nugH- > Greek onyx (onykh-) > "nail" > IE *wl.kWos > *wluko- > Greek lykos "wolf" > My question is: > These shifts represent a regular trend in IE>Greek > (sonant+labiovelar > sonant+u+velar) or may be loans > from another IE language (but very close to Greek) Are these your own reconstructions? The oldest posited forms above create misleading conclusions. I think it goes more like this: nok^t- nokt- nukt- nykt- H3nogWh- H3.nogWh- onogWh- onogh- onugh- onukh- onykh- H1ulkWo- ulkWo- lukWo- luko- lyko- That is, there's only metathesis in lukos, but not the kind you show. The u in the other words comes from rounding/raising of *o between certain consonants (usually sonorant and/or round, as in onyma, gymnos-). __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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