Grzegorz:
> I am pretty sure that even if uvulars existed in
> early PIE, they developed into spirants (*H) or
> into the glottal stop [...]
Hmm, interesting considering the *q/*h2 alternation
in some words like "bone", *qost-/*h2ost- appears
to go against your point. It also requires that *q
still exist at the time of IE alongside its
fricativized forms.
= gLeN
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