Re: [tied] Re: *kW- "?"

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, mkapovic@... wrote:
>> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, mkapovic@... wrote:
>> You may claim that Luwian etc. are residues
>> which preserve the older stage of all satem-lgs but that doesn't
>> change the fact that we have to reconstruct 3 velar series for IE, in
>> spite of the fact that many scholars don't like that.
>
> Do any of the other Anatolian languages preserve the 3-way
> distinction?

The whole Luwian branch does - i. e. besides Luwian also Lycian A and B.

>If not, then is it possible that this is a Luwian
> innovation?

No. It's not.

Mate