From: Richard Wordingham
Message: 42903
Date: 2006-01-13
> > 2. Also we have three PIE roots here : *negW- (*negW-ulo, *negW-ro)Voicing contrasts in velars are notoriously unstable - the development
> > *nekW- (*nokW-t-is) and *nebh- (*nebh-os) all three of them
> > meaning 'dark, get dark' so is hard not to supposed a
> > common 'departure point' in 'Early PIE' (something like *negW- =>
> > *nekW- via gW/t > kW and *negW- => *nebh- via gW/o > bh etc..)
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > ***
> > Patrick:
> >
> > Musical phonemes!
> >
> > No precedent! No patterns! No buy!
> Another 'similar-to' music (*'music'-ro) is *h2ekW- 'water' (LatinThis would fit **h2epW- - if you believe in *pW.
> aqua 'water') and *h2ep- 'water' (Skt. ap- etc..)