Re: [tied] Re: Non-correspondence of voiceless stops in several IE

From: P&G
Message: 39141
Date: 2005-07-09

> I'm not sure that the *p_kW > *kW_kW rule applied universally in
> Celtic: the the placename "Hercynia" may show an early Celtic
> reflex of *perkWu-, with <h-> from *p-.

That has been suggested, but it isn't certain. If true, it would mean that
p > h predated p> kW in that particular dialect. It is a placename, and
placenames often preserve dialect forms..

Peter