Patrick Ryan wrote:
> 11. In rócate:, I believe we are dealing not with *léuketoi bur rather
> *láuksatai, and that it is ks that becomes c.
But *ks (as well as *k^s and *kWs!) otherwise becomes Skt. /ks./. We do
find it in Avestan raoxs^na- (< *leuk-sno- or *louk-sno-), but not e.g.
in Av. raocaiieiti < *louk-éje-ti = Ved. rocáyati, Hitt. lukkizzi. The
comparative evidence shows unequivocally that the verb root was *leuk-,
the simple thematic stem was *léuk-e/o-, the causative stem was
*louk-éje/o-, etc., without any *-s- extensions.
Piotr