Miguel claims:
> The theory is confirmed by the Kartvelian borrowing
> *ok^toh3 => os^txw, which retains the PIE /xW/.
This doesn't confirm anything. In fact, since we've
explained sufficiently why **k^ cannot exist in IE,
the Kartvelian reflex must suggest a _satemic_
borrowing (ie: "post-IE").
So, we are forced to reinterpret the process of this
loan as:
IE *októ:u
> IE satem dialect *os^tó:u => Kartv *os^txo
The *x is from the phonetic aspiration of *t in this
said dialect. Nothing at all is confirmed because
reasonable doubt logically persists as you can see.
In IE proper, since no other suffixes ending in
a confirmed labialized consonant exist **ANYWHERE**,
it stands to reason that **-h3 is most probably
phonotactically illegal for the IE language. Despite
these unsurmountable problems, Miguel continues to
persist with the impossible.
= gLeN
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