Grzegorz:
> I also reject the idea that they were pharyngeal
> because I think that, from them, only g was
> pharyngeal [...]
Based on what per se?
> So, I can accept existing of the phoneme /a/ in PIE
> (even if I have doubts).
You word this as though you have a logical choice in
the matter. You simply MUST accept it because as
I've said and as was supplied in one of my links,
there is not one vowel system attested that lacks
an "a"-sound (id est: that lacks a low vowel of any
variety).
>>> *g^heH2n-s- ~ *g^hH2n-s- for goose.
>>
>> If the word is onomatopoeic,
>
> No, it is a part of the Nostratic heritage or a
> Wanderwort.
That's an empty assertion considering the fact that
the details of Nostratic are far less secure than IE.
Piotr's view is more logically economical by far
because it doesn't require assuming blindly that the
word is ten thousand years old or more based on
empty look-alikes.
= gLeN
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