Re: [tied] Dissimilation of gW/kWVw to gVw/kVw

First, if *gWew- were missing (as it seems to me), that would still be notable, would it not?

But to answer your question directly, Sumerian g~u-4 is "ox"; the circumflex indicates an initial dorsal nasal (/ng/).

A loanword is often supposed from Sumerian into IE (although I believe both had a common origin).

An initial voiced dorsal nasal, regardless of the source, would have been simplified in IE to *g (*gW is an unrelated phenomenon). I can only assume that *gVwVw-, under the influence of the stress-accent, became *gwVw- (zero-grade).

(IE *g(^)W- is respresented in Sumerian by h or .)

I fully accept *gWo:w- but here a laryngeal interjects itself between.

Patrick

----- Original Message -----

From: Miguel Carrasquer

To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 6:54 AM

Subject: Re: [tied] Dissimilation of gW/kWVw to gVw/kVw

On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 19:50:50 -0500, Patrick Ryan
<proto-language@...> wrote:

>Dear Joao:
>
>Oops! I should have mentioned that I was aware of it.
>
>I did not because I suspect, for reasons I will not go into,
>that it is properly reconstructed as *gwow- rather than *gWow-

It seems to me rather crucial to go into it. The word is
usually reconstructed as *gWow-, and I see no reason to
posit *gwow- instead.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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