Re: ka and k^a [was: [tied] *kW- "?"]

> >Interesting, though I suspect that the "adjectives of defect" with
> >*a-cocalism form some kind of group, if only because of secondary
> >contamination. If we admit k-colouring in *skaiwo- and *kaiko-, the
> >vocalism of *laiwo- may have been the victim of "peer pressure".
>
> Yes, there's that possibility. I still like the connection
> with "lame" a lot (I had worked out the soundlaw *la:ñ-wos >
> *lai-wos, _before_ checking in Pokorny if there even was an
> IE root *lVN-, so imagine my surprise when the only such
> root turned out to mean what it means).
>

Schrijver's 'language of bird names' has many ai/au/a etc alternations
(alauda/lawerke/leiv(onen) "lark" is the one I remember).

Torsten