[tied] Greek labiovelars

--- "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:

> At 1:24:09 AM on Tuesday, March 14, 2006, Sean
> Whalen wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > Also, I seem to remember gWH > gW and then to g in
> Irish
> > (with rounding of some vowels) and to gw in Welsh.
>
> *g, *gH, and *gWH all become OIr /g/; *gW becomes
> OIr /b/.
> Jackson says that all of this is Common Celtic, at
> least
> initially.

I looked at a few sources (most very old) but it
seems like gWH remains separate from gH:

*gWHen-; gonim (I wound) OIr; gwanu (I stab) Welsh

*gWHer-; gorim (I warm) OIr; gwre:s (heat) Welsh

*gWHer(i?)-; geir (tallow) Ir; gwer (grease) Welsh

*gWHen-d-; geind (wedge) Ir; guenn M. Breton



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