Re: Dissimilation of gW/kWVw to gVw/kVw

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

> Gamkrelidze & Ivanov list the following roots with plain velars:
>
> Skt. yugám etc "yoke"
> http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/yug.html
>
> Skt. stághati etc "covers"
>
> Skt. ugrá- etc "strong"
> http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/Op.html 'aukan'
>
> Skt. megháh. etc. "cloud"
> http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/my.html
>
> Skt. stighnoti etc "ascends"
>
> Lat. hostis etc "alien, enemy"
>
> Gk. keskíon etc "combings, tow"
>
> Lat. lu:cus etc "(sacred) grove"
> http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/lwk.html
>
> Skt. kravis etc "blood"
>
>
> ie. four of the nine were on Paul Manansala'a original Sanskrit-
> Austronesian list. Makes you wonder how many of the other IE roots
> in plain velar come from now inaccessible languages.

Which four? And what list was that, for those of us who have nto
kept track?

Jens