--- tgpedersen <
tgpedersen@...> wrote:
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Sean Whalen
> <stlatos@...> wrote:
> > gWm,yox gWHenyox tenyox medHyos verdHom
> > v > w
> What's the v > w rule for? I thought PIE had /w/,
> not /v/?
I believe that in PIE b > v except after u or um
and v > u in the coda of a syllable (with other rules
I've described in the past happening during this time
also).
In most languages v > w but with some intermediate
rules causing changes giving evidence for v.
Mostly evidence in Armenian where a/e>o after w; w
> g (except after velar); but v > M > m before n
(atamn "tooth") and remains v (with no vowel rounding)
in most positions.
Also in Greek (such as *trixYvox > tri:bo: "rub"
Greek; syllabification differing between *xYnYew-n and
*do-vns leading to *do-wns > *do-uns > *douns ( >
edous/odous by contaminatin with "eating" and vowel
assimilation) but *xYnYew-n > *xYnY-nYew-n > en-new-a
> en-ne-a "nine").
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