Re: [tied] Re: The phonlogical identity of IE "y" (especially for M

> > There was a comparison to the
> > Esquimo-Aleut "edh" sound (voiced thorn) to the IE "y",...
> A change from {dh} to j is
> not uncommon, nor is {dh} > z (> s).

Is there an assumption that the Esquimo-Aleut "edh" is identical to, or
descended from a pre-PIE **dh? If so, should we gently ask if the question
about what the PIE *dh actually was, has been overlooked?
We cannot assume any phonological equivalence between Esquimo-Aleut
"edh", and PIE *dh.

Peter